The Rising World · Book 1
Witch King
- Published
- 30 May 2023
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9781250826800
- Type
- novel
About this book
Witch King is the book that opens Martha Wells' The Rising World series, published in May 2023 at 432 pages. It's the natural place to begin the series, which continues with Queen Demon; a third volume has been announced to complete the planned trilogy, though no title or release date is confirmed yet.
Its place in The Rising World
Witch King is book 1 in the The Rising World series. It is followed by Queen Demon. See the full The Rising World reading order.
Kai Bashevi wakes up drowned and imprisoned in an underwater vault, having been murdered by someone he trusted -- and as a witch king, dying is more of an inconvenience than an ending. Witch King (2023) unfolds on two timelines at once: Kai's present-day hunt for whoever betrayed him and why, and the buried history of the war and revolution that brought his world's current order into being, gradually revealing how those two stories are the same story. It's one of Martha Wells's most structurally ambitious books…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781250826800