Enchanter (novel)

{{Short description|1996 fantasy novel by Sara Douglass}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox book|  | name = Enchanter | image = Douglass - Enchanter Coverart.png | caption = ''Enchanter'' first edition cover. | author = Sara Douglass | cover_artist = Rob Kiely | country = Australia | language = English | series = ''The Axis Trilogy'' | genre = Fantasy | publisher = Voyager | pub_date = 28 February 1996 | media_type = Print (Paperback) | pages = 672 (first edition) | isbn = 978-0-7322-5129-1 | oclc = | 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.<ref name="FF E">{{cite web | url = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/sara-douglass/enchanter.htm | title = Enchanter (Axis, book 2) by Sara Douglass | publisher = Fantastic Fiction | accessdate = 26 December 2009}}</ref>

==Background== ''Enchanter'' was first published in Australia in 1996 by HarperCollins in paperback format.<ref name="HC E">{{cite web |url=http://harpercollins.com.au/books/9780732251291/Enchanter/index.aspx |title=Enchanter by Sara Douglass |publisher=HarperCollins |accessdate=26 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513214803/http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/9780732251291/Enchanter/index.aspx |archivedate=13 May 2008}}</ref><ref name="ISFDB E">{{cite web | url = http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?9680 | title = Bibliography: Enchanter | publisher = ISFDB | accessdate = 26 December 2009}}</ref> It was later released in the United States in hardback and paperback in 2001 and 2002 respectively.<ref name="FF E"/> ''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''.<ref name="AAPYR">{{cite web |url=http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf |title=aurealis awards, previous years' results |publisher=Aurealis Awards |accessdate=26 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172144/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf |archivedate=24 December 2010}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{ISFDB title|id=9680|title=Enchanter}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Enchanter (Novel)}} Category:1996 Australian novels Category:1996 fantasy novels Category:Australian fantasy novels Category:Novels by Sara Douglass Category:Aurealis Award–winning works Category:Voyager Books books