The Iron Maiden
- Published
- 1 January 2001
- Pages
- 412
- ISBN-13
- 9781401043964
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Iron Maiden (2001, 412 pages) followed Statesman fifteen years after the original five-book arc concluded, returning to Hope Hubris's story as a later coda that assumes full familiarity with his rise from Callisto refugee to authoritarian executive. It's the sixth and final entry in Piers Anthony's most sustained work of adult political science fiction.
Key facts about The Iron Maiden
The Iron Maiden is a novel by Piers Anthony. Readers have had it since 2001. It runs to 412 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Iron Maiden. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781401043964 to find the main one.
The Iron Maiden is book 6 of 6 in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with Refugee (1983).
Additionally, Piers Anthony writes Battle Circle, Of Man and Manta and Jason Striker, plus 11 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, action thriller and fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Three Novel Nymphs is the latest published Piers Anthony book on file, from 2025.
About Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony is a prolific British-born American author best known for Xanth, his long-running comic fantasy series built around magical puns and wordplay, which has run to more than forty novels since 1977. See every Piers Anthony book in order.
Its place in Bio of a Space Tyrant
The Iron Maiden is book 6 in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series. It follows Statesman. See the full Bio of a Space Tyrant reading order.
Hope Hubris begins the series as a teenage refugee fleeing famine and violence on Callisto, one of many colonized moons of a settled solar system, and ends it as one of the most powerful and feared political and military figures in that same system. Each novel tracks a distinct stage of his rise: the desperate flight from Callisto, a career as a mercenary and later officer in a system riven by class and ethnic warfare between the settled moons of Jupiter, a turn toward electoral politics, and finally his…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781401043964