Domes of Fire

Domes of Fire

David Eddings

First published 1992

7.77.7 / 10
Score out of 1096 ratingsConfidence 40%: this much of the score is the readers’ own

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About the book

Danger stalked Queen Ehlana’s realm. It began with peasants whispering that the bloody heroes of old would rise again. Soon outlaw bands were ravaging the hill country, while the Trolls disappeared from their icy northern haunts—and none could say where they had gone. Then came an ambassador from the far-off Tamul empire, begging aid. Monsters, ancient warriors, and foul magics were tearing their empire apart. Sparhawk, Ehlana’s champion and Prince Consort, was the Emperor’s last hope, for surely the knight who had killed the evil God Azash could prevail against the terror in Tamuli. Thus did Sparhawk and his Queen begin the perilous trek to the far-distant empire of the east. With them journeyed a handful of trusted companions: the stalwart champions of the four Militant Orders, the knight Berit, Mirtai the giantess, Princess Danae, and the young thief Talen. At the journey’s end waited a glittering court seething with corruption, treachery—and the greatest danger Sparhawk would ever face!

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Reading order · The Tamuli

Full order & progress →
Score per volume3 volumes on a timeline, 1992 to 1994 · Best-rated volume: The Shining Ones
  1. Domes of Fire
    Domes of Fire1992 · 96 ratingsThis book
    7.77.7 / 10
  2. The Shining Ones
    The Shining Ones1993 · 84 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  3. The Hidden City
    The Hidden City1994 · 83 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.3 across 96 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.

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Hardcover7.396 100%

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