Iron Dawn (novel)

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Cover art by Keith Birdsong

Iron Dawn is a fantasy novel written by Matthew Woodring Stover, and published in 1997 by Roc Books. [1]

Set a decade after the fall of Troy, the novel tells the tale of three mercenaries who fight to stop an evil necromancer from taking over the city of Tyre.

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References

  1. "The SF Site: A Conversation With Matthew Woodring Stover". www.sfsite.com. Retrieved 2023-08-31.