The Dreamers · Book 1
The Elder Gods
- Published
- 1 January 2003
- Pages
- 404
- ISBN-13
- 9780007157600
- Type
- novel

About this book
The Elder Gods (2003) opens The Dreamers, jointly credited to David and Leigh Eddings from its first publication, introducing the isolated land of Dhrall and its four ruling god-siblings as they recruit outland mercenaries against an insectile hive-threat called the Vlagh.
Its place in The Dreamers
The Elder Gods is book 1 in the The Dreamers series. It is followed by The Treasured One. See the full The Dreamers reading order.
The Dreamers is David and Leigh Eddings' final completed series, set in the isolated land of Dhrall and ruled over by four ancient, near-omnipotent siblings -- Dahlaine, Zelana, Veltan, and Aracia -- who cannot fight directly but can hire. Facing an insectile hive-threat called the Vlagh, whose shapeshifting soldier-broods are massing in the Wasteland for a full invasion, the gods recruit outland mercenaries: Sorgan Hook-Beak, a bluntly pragmatic Maag pirate captain, and Narasan, a retired Trogite general…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007157600