The Outcast (Hawke novel) explained

The Outcast
Author:	Simon Hawke
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Novel
Published:	1993
Media Type:	Print
Isbn:	1-56076-676-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

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

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

• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1993) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #168 December 1993^[3]
• Kliatt^[4]

Notes and References

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. 2021-03-05. Time. 20 April 2015 .
3. Web site: Science Fiction Chronicle November-December 1993: Vol 15 Iss 2 . November 1993 . DNA Publications .
4. Web site: Kliatt 1994-03: Vol 28 Iss 2 . March 1994 . Kliatt Paperback Book Guide .