The Elenium · Book 1
The Diamond Throne
- Published
- 1 January 1989
- Pages
- 435
- ISBN-13
- 9780345367693
- Type
- novel

About this book
The Diamond Throne opened The Elenium in 1989 at 435 pages, recalling battle-scarred Pandion Knight Sparhawk from exile to find his queen, Ehlana, poisoned into a magical coma and encased in slowly killing crystal.
Its place in The Elenium
The Diamond Throne is book 1 in the The Elenium series. It is followed by The Ruby Knight. See the full The Elenium reading order.
The Elenium introduces Sparhawk, a battle-scarred Pandion Knight recalled from ten years of exile to find the queen he serves, Ehlana, poisoned into a magical coma by a rival sorceress and encased in enchanted crystal that's slowly killing her. With his queen's fading life as a ticking clock, Sparhawk assembles a mismatched party of knights from rival militant church orders -- men trained to distrust each other on principle -- alongside the ancient, foul-tempered Styric sorceress Sephrenia, to search for a…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345367693