The Diamond Throne
- 448
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Diamond Throne” opens “The Elenium” as an easygoing quest fantasy with a clear deadline: a knight has one year to save his queen. Sparhawk comes home from exile to a country full of intrigue and to Ehlana sealed in crystal, kept alive by magic until a cure is found. Some readers wish the gemstone that matters to the series entered the plot sooner; the book itself sits comfortably between high and heroic fantasy.
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About the book
After a long spell of exile, Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and the Queen's champion, returns to his native land to find it overrun with evil and intrigue - and his young queen grievously ill. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year.
Reading order · The Elenium
Full order & progress →- The Diamond ThroneThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - The Ruby Knight
–Not ranked yet - The Sapphire Rose
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 174 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 54% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 17 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 157 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Diamond Throne?
It has 448 pages — shorter than 65% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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