Obernewtyn Chronicles
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| Author | Isobelle Carmody |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, Science fiction novel, Post Apocalyptic |
| Publisher | Penguin Group |
| Published | 1987 — |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & Hardback) |
The Obernewtyn Chronicles is a series of science fiction and fantasy novels by Australian author Isobelle Carmody. The series has a post apocalyptic setting, and depict a world long after its destruction by a global nuclear holocaust.
The series' protagonist, Elspeth Gordie, is a young girl with mental powers condemned by the series' main antagonists, the governing body known as the Council, and the religious authority, the Herder Faction. The novels deal with themes of responsibility, duty, prejudice, discrimination, tolerance, and human and animal rights.
The series consists of seven novels published by Penguin Books.
Though initially intended to be the final installment, The Sending was the penultimate book, with the final book, The Red Queen being released in November 2015.
The series is set many years into the future, where the world has been ravaged by a great nuclear holocaust known as the Great White. The few people left have formed a new way of living, led by a body called the Council.
The Council realized that they had not escaped the effects of the Great White completely unscathed, and began burning any humans or animals born with deformities. The Council appointed a fledgling religious order called the Herder Faction to oversee these rituals. The Herders believed that Lud, their name for God, sent the Great White as punishment for a materialistic society. As a result, they destroyed all artifacts of the old world known as the Beforetime.
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