The King of the Swords [Dramatized Adaptation]

Name: The King of the Swords [Dramatized Adaptation]
Brand: Graphic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Michael Moorcock
ISBN: 9781648793684

Author: Michael Moorcock

Series: Corum #3

Narrator: Thomas Keegan, A Full Cast, Dylan Lynch, Bob Payne, Scott McCormick, Terence Aselford, Yasmin Tuazon, Lawrence Redmond, Nanette Savard, Jefferson A. Russell, Michael John Casey, Andy Brownstein, Ken Jackson, Tracy Olivera, Tim Getman, Chris Davenport, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Bradley Smith, Christopher Walker, Chris Genebach

Unabridged: 4 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: GraphicAudio

Published: 06/03/2020

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic

Synopsis

The old races have perished. Across the fifteen planes of reality, the ceaseless struggle between Law and Chaos continues. Corum, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe, has destroyed two of the company of Chaos, but Mabelode the Faceless will not see his actions go unpunished.

The Eternal Champion must call upon the power of other incarnations—Elric, and Erekose¨—and travel to the last five planes to defeat the King of the Swords. At stake: not only the balance of forces at the crux of existence, but also a personal vendetta, since the captain of the enemy army is the same Mabden who slaughtered Corum's family...

About Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock is one of the most important and influential figures in speculative fiction and fantasy literature. Listed recently by The Times (London) as among the fifty greatest British writers since 1945, he is the author of 100 books and more than 150 shorter stories in practically every genre. He has been the recipient of several lifetime achievement awards, including the Prix Utopiales, the SFWA Grand Master, the Stoker, and the World Fantasy, and has been inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. He has been awarded the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, the John W. Campbell Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Guardian Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Whitbread Award. He has been compared to Balzac, Dickens, Dumas, Ian Fleming, Joyce, and Robert E. Howard, to name a few.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

In the last volume of the first Corum trilogy, Moorcock pulls out all the stops as Corum joins forces with two other incarnations of the Eternal Champion to restore the balance of a world bereft of Law and dominated by Chaos. The ending is quite surprising, and I believe Voltaire would have liked it......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin)

An interesting conclusion to the Trilogy of The Sword Rulers. Corum again wishing only to live in peace finds that he's not to be allowed that simple luxury. This series opened up for me much more of the Eternal Champion Cycle. The first book in the Cycle I found was Jewel in the Skull, a Hawkmoon n......more

Goodreads review by Bookwraiths

The weakest book of the trilogy for me but still a very good story with several nice twists, surprise appearances, and a satisfying— though rushed — conclusion. For me personally I almost wish Corum’s tale had ended here as it would be nice to believe he had found the peace he so longed for, but the......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Contains a few spoilers for previous books in this series! After striking down the Prince of Swords Arioch and the Queen of Swords Xiombarg, Corum has severed 10 of the 15 planes of reality that make up his universe from the chains of chaos. All is not well, however. The gods of chaos are growing wea......more