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      The Knight of the Swords

      by Michael Moorcock
      Published
      Jul 1987
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      240
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      Series
      The Books of Corum Book 1

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      The ancient races, the Vadhagh and the Nhadragh, are dying. By creating Mankind, the universe has condemned Earth to a pestilence of destruction and fear.
       
      Prince Corum is the last remaining Vadhagh. He sets out on a crusade of vengeance against the forces that slaughtered his family and his race, to challenge the unjust power of the puppet masters of Man: the Lords of Chaos. Along the way he will barter with his soul for the limbs of gods to repair his mutilated body, and will encounter a member of the very race who caused the mutilation, the irresistible Rhalina...

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      Book 1
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      Speculative Fiction

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      Fantasy

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      Feb 1986 Berkley ISBN13 9780425085332 ISBN10 0425085333
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      Jul 1987 Ace ISBN13 9780441451319 ISBN10 0441451314
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