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![]() | Sightblinder's Story (1987) (The second book in the Book of the Lost Swords series) A novel by Fred Saberhagen |
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Saberhagen established himself in the '60s and '70s with his intense, ambitious Berserker series of space operas. Lately, however, he has devoted himself increasingly to a more relaxed, playful sequence of fantasy adventures, the Books of Swords. Each is a model of action writing, clear-sighted, graphic and agile. The present story limits itself to a single locale, the island castle of the wizard Honan-Fu, where Prince Mark is imprisoned in ice alongside the wizard by the usurper called the Ancient One. Mark's friends find themselves the temporary allies of Honan-Fu's traitorous daughter, Ninazu, and of the magician emperor, currently incognito with a traveling show. Keeping the major players off balance and providing a comic mirror, there is a wild card, a peasant enamored of Ninazu who has chanced on the Sword of Power, Sightblinder, which makes him seem whatever an onlooker most loves or fears. An entertainment of high order.
Genre: Fantasy
Saberhagen established himself in the '60s and '70s with his intense, ambitious Berserker series of space operas. Lately, however, he has devoted himself increasingly to a more relaxed, playful sequence of fantasy adventures, the Books of Swords. Each is a model of action writing, clear-sighted, graphic and agile. The present story limits itself to a single locale, the island castle of the wizard Honan-Fu, where Prince Mark is imprisoned in ice alongside the wizard by the usurper called the Ancient One. Mark's friends find themselves the temporary allies of Honan-Fu's traitorous daughter, Ninazu, and of the magician emperor, currently incognito with a traveling show. Keeping the major players off balance and providing a comic mirror, there is a wild card, a peasant enamored of Ninazu who has chanced on the Sword of Power, Sightblinder, which makes him seem whatever an onlooker most loves or fears. An entertainment of high order.
Genre: Fantasy
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Hardback Editions
November 1987 : Hardback
| Title: The Second Book of Lost Swords: Sightblinder's Story Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-312-93032-1 / 978-0-312-93032-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Tor Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
June 1995 : Paperback
| Title: Second Book of Lost Swords: Sightblinders Story Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-8125-3656-8 / 978-0-8125-3656-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 1988 : Paperback
| Title: Sightblinder's Story (The Second Book of Lost Swords) Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-8125-5296-2 / 978-0-8125-5296-6 (USA edition) Publisher: TOR Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1980 : Paperback
| Title: Second Book of Lost Swords: Sightblinder's Story Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-7088-4225-9 / 978-0-7088-4225-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Futura Orbit Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
June 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Second Book Of Lost Swords : Sightblinder's Story (Saberhagen's Lost Swords) Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: JSS Literary Productions Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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