Global InformationThe Traitor Baru Cormorant information
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| Author | Seth Dickinson |
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| Audio read by | Christine Marshall |
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| Country | United States and United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Hard fantasy |
| Published | September 15, 2015 (US and UK) |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
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| Pages | 400 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 978-0-765-38072-2 (US first edition hardcover) |
| Followed by | The Monster Baru Cormorant |
| Website | www |
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (/ˈbɑːru/ BAH-roo)[1] is a 2015 hard fantasy novel by Seth Dickinson, and his debut novel. It was published as The Traitor in the United Kingdom. It is based on Dickinson's short story "The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Her Field-General, and Their Wounds" (2011), which was published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
The novel follows Baru, a brilliant young woman who, educated in the schools of the imperial power that subjugated her homeland, sets out to gain power to subvert the empire from within. A sequel, The Monster Baru Cormorant, was released on 30 October 2018.[2] A third novel, The Tyrant Baru Cormorant, was released on August 11, 2020, and a fourth novel in the series is planned.[3]
- ^ Dickinson, Seth (2018-10-22). "What You Need to Know Before Reading Seth Dickinson's The Monster Baru Cormorant". Tor.com. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
- ^ "The Monster Baru Cormorant". Macmillan. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Seth Dickinson's Baru Cormorant Series Gets A Fourth Novel". Tor.com. May 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2023.