Series
The Witches of Eileanan
Kate Forsyth · 9 novels · 1 short story · 1997–2006
Kate Forsyth's Witches of Eileanan sequence opens with Dragonclaw, introducing Isabeau, a young witch coming into her power in a land where magic has been outlawed and witches hunted since a tyrant's rise. Over six novels the series follows the fight to restore magical freedom and topple the oppressive regime, weaving in dragons, faeries, and Scottish-flavored folklore. It was published between the late 1990s and mid-2000s as a complete continuous arc.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Rhiannon's Ride(4 works)
Map
The Witches of Eileanan 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
- 1990s3
- 2000s7
Shape
9 novels · 1 short story
1 author
reads like:epic fantasycourt intriguesecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedtenseadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 33% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book9 of 10 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Forbidden Landdarkest · calmest
- The Cursed Towersbrightest
- The Shining Citymost intense