The Wandering Fire
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Our view
“The Wandering Fire” is the middle volume of “The Fionavar Tapestry”, written in graceful prose steeped in myth and magic. Guy Gavriel Kay takes risks here, pushing the story begun in “The Summer Tree” in bolder directions. Not every reader follows its stranger turns easily, and the characters still feel thin to some. It belongs straight after the first book.
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About the book
The Wandering Fire is a 1986 novel by Canadian fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay and the second novel of The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy. It follows The Summer Tree.
Reading order · The Fionavar Tapestry
Full order & progress →- The Summer TreeStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - The Wandering FireThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - The Darkest Road
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 90 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 38% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 90 | 100% |
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