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![]() | Woundhealer's Story (1986) (The first book in the Book of the Lost Swords series) A novel by Fred Saberhagen |
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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 The gods have withdrawn from the human world and the 12 Swords of Power they had forged are now scattered, lost and hidden.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.
Genre: Fantasy
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 The gods have withdrawn from the human world and the 12 Swords of Power they had forged are now scattered, lost and hidden.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.
Genre: Fantasy
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Hardback Editions
October 1986 : Hardback
| Title: The First Book of Lost Swords: Woundhealer's Story Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-312-93243-X / 978-0-312-93243-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Tor Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
June 1995 : Paperback
| Title: The First Book of Lost Swords (The Swords Saga) Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-8125-2138-2 / 978-0-8125-2138-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Tor Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1991 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The First Book of Lost Swords: Woundhealer's Story Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-8125-2058-0 / 978-0-8125-2058-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Tor Fantasy Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 1988 : Paperback
| Title: The First Book of Lost Swords (Orbit Books) Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-7088-8276-5 / 978-0-7088-8276-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Orbit Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1988 : Paperback
| Title: The First Book of Lost Swords: Woundhealer's Story Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-8125-5337-3 / 978-0-8125-5337-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Tor Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1986 : Paperback
| Title: Woundhealer's Story Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: Orbit Books Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
1983 : Paperback
| Title: Woundhealer's Story (Lost Swords Ser., Vol. 1) Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
June 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The First Book of Lost Swords : Woundhealer's Story (Saberhagen's Lost Swords) Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: JSS Literary Productions Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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