![]() But first he must seek the secret of the mysterious Runestaff, a quest that will send him into barbaric wonder and perverse evil, desperate to avert the doom of all the world:- Review(s): "The third omnibus volume, complete and fully authorised, of Michael Moorcock's great fantasy sequence, 'The Tale Of The Eternal Champion' the supreme achievement in modern imaginative literature" / "His work is the nearest thing we have in modern English fiction to a never-ending carnival" - Angela Carter:- (original cost £7.99). The Dark Empire has humiliated and mutilated Dorian Hawkmoon, but it cannot rob him of two consuming passions - his love for Yisselda of Brass and his hatred of her ruthless suitor Meliadus. ![]() And relentlessly the armies of the Dark Empire, mile by brutal mile, ravage and destroy the once-peaceful city states. He feels a kind of fellowship with it for, like him, it is old, like him, it has survived much turmoil and, like him, it seems to have been strengthened than weakened by the ravages of time. ![]() On his rides, Count Brass always comes to the Ruin. 1st printing of 2001 edition:- Contents: The Jewell In The Skull / The Mad God's Amulet / The Sword Of The Dawn / The Runestaff:- Synopsis: The earth has grown old, her landscapes mellow, her people lost in a brooding dream: an age of antique cities, scientific sorcery, crystal machines, great flying engines with mechanical wings. He is an ally of Dorian Hawkmoon and an enemy to the Dark Empire of Granbretan. © 1992: An omnibus of 4 novels that are 3rd in the 'Tale Of The Eternal Champion' series of books. Cover Art: Yoshitaka Amano (illustrator). Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. ![]()
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