Enchanter (novel)

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Enchanter
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Enchanter first edition cover.
Author Sara Douglass
Cover artist Rob Kiely
LanguageEnglish
Series The Axis Trilogy
Genre Fantasy
Publisher Voyager
Publication date
28 February 1996
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages672 (first edition)
ISBN 978-0-7322-5129-1
Preceded by Battleaxe  
Followed by StarMan  

Enchanter is a 1996 fantasy novel by Australian writer Sara Douglass. It follows the first book in the series, Battleaxe, with Axis journeying to the Icarii stronghold to receive his heritage. [1]

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Background

Enchanter was first published in Australia in 1996 by HarperCollins in paperback format. [2] [3] It was later released in the United States in hardback and paperback in 2001 and 2002 respectively. [1] Enchanter won the 1996 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel in a three-way tie with Douglass' other novel StarMan and Jack Dann's The Memory Cathedral . [4]

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References

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