The Outcast (Hawke novel)

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The Outcast
Cover of the first edition
AuthorSimon Hawke
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Published1993
Media typePrint
ISBN1-56076-676-X

The Outcast is a 1993 fantasy novel by Simon Hawke, set in the world of Dark Sun, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It is the first novel in the "Tribe of One" trilogy. It was published in paperback in November 1993.

Plot summary[edit]

Sorak is part elf and part halfling and has multiple personalities as a result of childhood trauma and is on a quest for a savior for the dying world of Athas.

Reception[edit]

A reviewer from Publishers Weekly comments that Hawke "more than intimates that Sorak himself is the long-awaited savior. His yarn offers fans of the fantasy genre some interesting themes to ponder."[1]

Chris Wilson writing for Time describes The Outcast and The Tribe of One Trilogy as a fantasy epic that would have made for better TV than Game of Thrones.[2]

Reviews[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kaganoff, Penny (November 15, 1993). "Paperbacks – The Outcast by Simon Hawke", Publishers Weekly 240 (46): 75. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56076-676-6
  2. ^ "Five Fantasy Epics That Would Have Made for Better TV Than Game of Thrones". Time. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  3. ^ "Science Fiction Chronicle November-December 1993: Vol 15 Iss 2". DNA Publications. November 1993.
  4. ^ "Kliatt 1994-03: Vol 28 Iss 2". Kliatt Paperback Book Guide. March 1994.