The Drawing of the Dark, Tim Powers
The Drawing of the Dark, Tim Powers
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The Drawing of the Dark
A Novel

Author: Tim Powers

Narrator: Charles Johnston

Unabridged: 11 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/23/2024

Synopsis

Brian Duffy, aging soldier of fortune, had been hired in Venice by a strange old man who called himself Aurelianus Ambrosius. He was supposed to go to Vienna and act as bouncer at an inn where the fabulous Herzwesten beer was brewed. That was clear enough.

But why was he guided and guarded on the trip by creatures from the ancient legends? Why should he be attacked by ifrits and saved by mythical dwarfs? What was so important about the Herzwesten beer to the Fisher King—whoever he was? Why was Duffy plagued by visions of a sword and an arm rising from a lake? And what had a bunch of drunken, ancient Vikings to do with it all?

Then there was no time for speculation as Vienna was besieged by the Turkish armies of Suleiman. Duffy found himself drawn into a war of desperation and magic. It was up to him to preserve the West until the drawing of the Dark.

About Tim Powers

Tim Powers is the author of over a dozen novels, including The Anubis Gates, Declare, and Three Days to Never. He has received the Locus, World Fantasy, and Philip K. Dick awards. He lives in San Bernardino, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ian on February 21, 2012

Tim Powers is a mad genius. The siege of Vienna, Vikings, and the Fisher King. Oh, and Merlin, of course. I'm tired, and lazy as hell, so that's about all the plot summary I can muster. On one level this is a book about beer, as might be inferred (playfully) from the title. It's the secret history of......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on February 18, 2011

I read this book years ago ('79 or 80 I believe)...and forgot about it till it was resurrected as a "lost fantasy classic", which I agree it is. This one predates the glut of Arthurian pastiches, adaptions and outright rip-offs that got so popular for a while. Here we start with the story of a 14th......more

Goodreads review by Jim on March 31, 2025

It's a book about beer. I don't think I've read a book where the characters are sitting around and quaffing their favorite brews as much as in this one. The title itself refers to the dark beer that was first created thousands of years ago. So a good reason for 5 stars right there! But, of course, t......more

Goodreads review by William on April 13, 2018

THE DRAWING OF THE DARK is Tim Powers at his most playful. Sure, he drags a whole bevvy of archetypes on stage as is his wont, with Fisher Kings and wise men to the fore. But we also get drunk Vikings, enchanted swords, wild journeys with high magic through the mountains, more beer, and large-scale b......more

Goodreads review by Matt on November 28, 2014

I'm giving "The Drawing of the Dark" a FIVE for nostalgic reasons. My friend Ron and I would judge other books by this fine book by Tim Powers, an author of amazingly inventive imagination and wonderful, if flawed execution. Still, a four at least, for all sorts of good literary and artistic reasons......more

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