Winterking
core novel 1985 Finnbranch
Record
| First published | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.00 (18 ratings, collected 2026-09-22) |
| Page count | 259 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780871130266 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The concluding Finnbranch novel breaks from the first two books' setting, moving instead to an alternate-history version of contemporary America unsettled by the numinous presence of the same old gods and threatened by a terminal, mythic transformation -- the trilogy's Celtic mythology resurfacing in a modern-day landscape.
Where it sits
- Universe: Finnbranch
- Series: Finnbranch core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Paul Hazel
Awards (verified)
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 1986: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (Finnbranch): Registered in publication order (Yearwood, Undersea, Winterking); research found no evidence of a differing internal chronology or recommended reading order -- every source consulted lists the trilogy in this same order.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Finnbranch: position 3 of 3: previous Undersea (1982)
Sources
← Finnbranch dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.