โ Scribed by Fred Saberhagen
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Swords of Power, treacherous dealings, a search for healing, a menacing giant worm, a mermaid, an infatuated young boy, a desperate father, an extraordinary young child, a way of wonder and magic
Once the gods forged twelve Swords of Power, but they forged too well: The Swords could kill the gods themselves.
Now, the gods gone, the Swords scattered across the land and Mark, Prince Consort of Tasavalta, must find Woundhealer, the Sword of Healing, to help his young son Adrian.
But the evil wizard Burslam has joined with Marks enemy, Baron Amintor, stealing Woundhealer and luring Marks nephew Zoltan away only to have Zoltan begin his own dangerous quest.
Returning to the milieu of his Swords trilogy, Saberhagen offers a new scenario. The gods have withdrawn from the human world and the 12 Swords of Power they had forged are now scattered, lost and hidden. The weapons are still coveted, though, by men like Baron Amintor, who has lost one kingdom and now sees them as the means to another. No scruples stop him from stealing the sword Woundhealer from the White Temple, where its powers were offered to cure all pilgrims. His bad luck, however, is to have crossed Prince Mark, who is desperate for Woundhealer's help in treating his blind, troubled son. The running battle between Mark and Amintor, their allies, their wizards and their swords, is spun out in a light, pleasant adventure that benefits greatly from Saberhagen's narrative gifts as the various strands leapfrog forward, keeping the reader off balance but constantly intrigued.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Library : Fantasy
Universes : Lost Swords [01]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780812553376
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