The Elric Saga Part I
The haunted, treacherous and doomed albino sorcerer-prince, is one of the great creations of modern fantasy. An introspective weakling in thrall to his soul-eating sword, Stormbringer, he is yet a hero whose bloody adventures and wanderings lead inexorably to his decisive intervention in the war...
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The haunted, treacherous and doomed albino sorcerer-prince, is one of the great creations of modern fantasy. An introspective weakling in thrall to his soul-eating sword, Stormbringer, he is yet a hero whose bloody adventures and wanderings lead inexorably to his decisive intervention in the war between the forces of Law and Chaos. A fantasy classic, Elric of Melnibone is an exceptional fantasy icon of violence, power, politics and war and his tales make up a fantasy masterpiece.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781568650401 (156865040X)
Publish date: September 1983
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Pages no: 374
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Epic Fantasy,
High Fantasy,
Anthologies,
Speculative Fiction,
Pulp,
Dark Fantasy,
Heroic Fantasy,
Sword And Sorcery
Series: The Elric Saga (#1)
I've actually read the entire Saga and if you like sword-and-sorcery then you should, too. Moorcock is endessly creative and his gritty writing has no mercy on the characters or the reader. Don't expect sweetness and light at the end of this story.
2011 re-read:The Vanishing Tower: Elric and Moonglum continues their quest to destroy the sorcerer Theleb K'aarna, visiting Myshella's castle, Nadsokor, the city of beggars, Tanelorn, and the Forest of Troos...The saga of Elric continues moving toward its conclusion. Elric meets up with Myshella, f...
The 2011 Re-read:Elric of Melnibone: Elric, the sickly albino emperor of Melnibone, combats his cousin Yrkoon's machinations for his throne and winds up on a quest across dimensions for a pair of magical black swords.In the long, long, long, long wait between volumes four and five of The Dark Tower...
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