Night's Master
- 246
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Night’s Master” is a dark, lavishly written fantasy fable and the first of Tanith Lee’s “Tales from the Flat Earth”. Its linked tales add up to one larger story, mixing battle, intrigue and love with gods, demons and old myths. Some readers find the prose too ornate to stay with; others count the book among the finest fantasy they have read. It rewards those who prefer the cadence of legend to a straightforward plot.
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About the book
Night's Master is a 1978 fantasy novel by British writer Tanith Lee, the first in the Tales from the Flat Earth series. It has been translated into Dutch, Italian, French, German and Spanish. It was published with illustrations by George Barr in 1978 and by Alicia Austin in 1985. It was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1979.
Reading order · Tales from the Flat Earth
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.9 across 60 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 6.9 | 60 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Night's Master?
It has 246 pages — shorter than 97% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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