The Darkest Road
- 421
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Darkest Road” brings “The Fionavar Tapestry” to a powerful close, tying its many threads together with real emotional force. Guy Gavriel Kay draws deeply on myth and legend, and the question of free will gives the final confrontation its weight. Many readers find his lengthy, repetitive style tiring over the span of a trilogy, even as they praise the ending.
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About the book
The Darkest Road is a 1986 fantasy novel by Canadian fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay and the third and final novel in The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy. It follows The Summer Tree and The Wandering Fire.
Reading order · The Fionavar Tapestry
Full order & progress →- The Summer TreeStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - The Wandering Fire
7.87.8 / 10 - The Darkest RoadThis book
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 83 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 36% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 83 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Darkest Road?
It has 421 pages — shorter than 70% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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