
The King of the Swords
(The third book in the Corum series)(1971)
A novel by
Michael Moorcock
AwardsBritish Fantasy Society
In those days there were oceans of light and cities in the skies and wild flying beasts of bronze. It was a time of magics, phantasms, unstable nature, impossible events, insane paradoxes, dreams come true, dreams gone awry. It was a rich, dark time. And a time of profound and terrible change. The Vadhagh, a blessed and magical race, possess great wisdom, pursuing beauty in everything they do. Then, suddenly, their world moves from innocence and light to barbarism and genocide. Finally, only one is left: Corum, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe, last of the Vadhagh. Driven half mad by his torments, swearing savage vengeance upon the Mabden intruders, Corum finds himself in love with a Mabden woman and caught in a cataclysmic war between Law and Chaos - pursuing a quest taking him through the myriad dimensions of the multiverse, version after version of our own Earth - unleashing vast cosmic forces and challenging the power of the gods themselves. Aided by sorcery, but fighting to be free of it, Corum is sustained by the purity of his passion for the woman he loves. Yet even this is threatened by the fury of the Chaos Lords who fear that here at last is a hero who will liberate his world from their vicious patronage.
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Hardback Editions
1974 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
March 1989 : Paperback
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June 1986 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1981 : Paperback
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1977 : Paperback
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January 1975 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1975 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1974 : Paperback
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January 1973 : Paperback
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March 1972 : Paperback
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January 1971 : Mass Market Paperback
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1971 : Paperback
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Other Editions
January 1981 : Unknown
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