Elric

Name: Elric: The Stealer of Souls
ISBN: 9780345498625

The Stealer of Souls

Michael Moorcock

2008·480 pages

Fantasy

adventurous dark dark fantasy epic fantasy magic quest

“The stories here are the raw heart of Michael Moorcock. They are the spells that first drew me and all the numerous admirers of his work with whom I am acquainted into Moorcock's luminous and captivating web.”
— from the Foreword by Alan Moore, creator of V for Vendetta

“The most significant UK author of sword and sorcery, a form he has both borrowed from and transformed.”
— The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

When Michael Moorcock began chronicling the adventures of the albino sorcerer Elric, last king of decadent Melniboné, and his sentient vampiric sword, Stormbringer, he set out to create a new kind of fantasy adventure, one that broke with tradition and reflected a more up-to-date sophistication of theme and style. The result was a bold and unique hero-weak in body, subtle in mind, dependent on drugs for the vitality to sustain himself-with great crimes behind him and a greater destiny ahead: a rock-and-roll antihero who would channel all the violent excesses of the sixties into one enduring archetype. Adventures include "The Dreaming City," "While the Gods Laugh," "Kings in Darkness," "Dead God's Homecoming," "Black Sword's Brothers," and "Sad Giant's Shield." An indispensable addition to any fantasy collection, Elric: The Stealer of Souls is an unmatched introduction to a brilliant writer and his most famous-or infamous-creation.

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Elric

The Stealer of Souls

Michael Moorcock

Year

2008

Pages

480

Fantasy

Praise

“The stories here are the raw heart of Michael Moorcock. They are the spells that first drew me and all the numerous admirers of his work with whom I am acquainted into Moorcock's luminous and captivating web.”
— from the Foreword by Alan Moore, creator of V for Vendetta