Ysabel
core novel 2007 Ysabel
Record
| First published | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.63 (11,322 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451461902 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Ysabel
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Guy Gavriel Kay
Awards (verified)
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2008: won
Notes
- Kay's first urban fantasy and his first book set outside a Europe-styled secondary-world milieu since The Fionavar Tapestry (1984-1986). Two Fionavar characters (Dave Martyniuk, Kimberly Ford) recur, but Ysabel is a standalone story in a wholly different setting (contemporary Provence, France) with its own myth/history, not a continuation of that trilogy's plot -- the basis for excluding it from The Fionavar Tapestry and registering it here as its own single-work universe instead.
Sources
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