Witch King
core novel 2023 Witch King
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.70 (28,329 ratings, collected 2026-08-19) |
| Page count | 432 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250826794 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Witch King
- Series: The Rising World core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Martha Wells
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2024: won
- Hugo Award (Best Novel), 2024: finalist
- Nebula Award (Best Novel), 2024: finalist; 59th Annual Nebula Awards (ceremony 2024, for 2023-published work).
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2024: finalist
Notes
- From the series record (The Rising World): Martha Wells's return to secondary-world fantasy after a decade focused on the science-fiction Murderbot Diaries; unrelated to her earlier Ile-Rien fantasy novels (The Element of Fire, The Death of the Necromancer, the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy, City of Bones), a separate continuity not researched or admitted. No third book has been announced as of the latest update.
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 The Rising World: position 1 of 2: next Queen Demon (2025)
Sources
- Tordotcom (publisher)
- Wikipedia (English)
- Locus Magazine (locusmag.com)
- The Hugo Awards (official)
- Nebula Awards (SFWA)
- World Fantasy Awards (official)
← Witch King dossier · All universes
One of 3732 works in the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.