Series
Ealdwood
C. J. Cherryh · 2 novels · 1 novella · 1 short story · 1979–1983
The Ealdwood Stories, also known as the Arafel Stories, are a collection of fantasy works by American writer C. J. Cherryh. The books are works of high fantasy based in part on Celtic mythology. Arafel, a main character, is a Daoine Sidhe, the highest of the Sidhe faery-folk. She dwells in the magical small forest of Ealdwood, from which the tales take their name.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Dreamstone (early versions)(2 works)
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Ealdwood at the centre, 1 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s1
- 1980s3
Shape
2 novels · 1 novella · 1 short story
1 author
reads like:fantasyfaesecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 50% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Ealdwooddarkest
- The Dreamstonebrightest · most intense
- The Dreamstonecalmest