- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Grafton; 1st ed. edition (16 July 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0246131292
- ISBN-13: 978-0246131294
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,731,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Born in London in 1939, Michael Moorcock now lives in Texas. A prolific and award-winning writer with more than eighty works of fiction and non-fiction to his name, he is the creator of Elric, Jerry Cornelius and Colonel Pyat, amongst many other memorable characters.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'The Dragon In The Sword' is the 3rd novel in Moorcock's Eternal Champion trilogy, arriving a whole 17 years after publication of the first two books ('The Eternal Champion' & 'Phoenix in Obsidian'), and sadly falling rather short of the excellence of the previous two novels. Once again the Eternal Champion is called upon to battle the forces of Chaos, accompanied this time by that other Moorcock hero Ulrich von Bek. There are some nice fantasy ideas in this novel, such as the ocean-going ship-communities at the novels opening, a race of bear-people and even a jaunt to Nazi Germany, but sadly the plot is very uninvolving as everything just rolls along on it's predetermined path. The hero does little more throughout than follow instructions ("Go here, find this artefact, then meet this person, etc") which means there's a lack of any real drama, and the majority of the supporting cast are very shallow creations. For fans of Moorcocks other work this is worth reading just to see the end of Erekose's saga, and the creation of Elrics, but this is far from being Moorcocks best work.
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Very Good Eternal Champion Volume
13 Oct 2009
Format:Paperback
Continues the story of the story of the aspect of the Eternal Champion known as John Daker/Erekose that started in the books The Eternal Champion and Phoenix in Obsidian. His only desire is to be reunited with his lost love, Ermizhad, but instead he is pulled into the dimension of the Six Realms, where he meets Ulrich Von Bek who has escaped from the Nazis on Earth into this realm. The Six Realms are an area where six different worlds inhabited by very different cultures and races come together through a number of interdimensional gates. Daker soon learns of a plot by the forces of Chaos to conquer all the realms and knows that it is his mission as the Eternal Champion to stop that from happening.
This is one of the better examples of Moorcock's fantasy adventure style. The different realms have creative, if fairly limited, cultures, and the depiction of Hell is interesting. It is nothing groundbreaking, but is a solid conclusion to the Erekose sequence.
This is one of the better examples of Moorcock's fantasy adventure style. The different realms have creative, if fairly limited, cultures, and the depiction of Hell is interesting. It is nothing groundbreaking, but is a solid conclusion to the Erekose sequence.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Erekose in Waterworld
28 Nov 2000
Format:Paperback
My all time favorite book by Michael Moorcock, this installment of the Eternal Champion series features John Daker/Erekose and begins with him being drawn out of his previous existence into another plane where the polar ice caps have melted and the planet is flooded (as in the movie waterworld, but very dark because the sun is also close to it's death). John Daker is thrust into this world with no sword or sheild, but still well aware of the misdeeds he committed in previous existances. The story has a decidedly dark and confused tone as our hero struggles to figure out who summoned him into this existance,and why. As with all Moorcock, the writing is intriguing and only in the final chapter will you tie all of the storie's threads together. If you are a fan of the John Daker saga this book is a must have (it's listed as Being the "Third and Final Story in the History of John Daker, the Eternal Champion"). If when you read this review this book is still unavailable, I urge you to find a used book store.
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30 Aug 2007
Format:Paperback
John Daker is Erekose is The Eternal Champion, again. After all the heroics and adventuring through countless lifetimes and incarnations he is weary, and just wants to get back to his Eldren princess Ermizhad and lead the quiet life.
Something nags at him, in his mind, a name, another Eternal Champion, but he doesn't know that name. A mystery that will not let him rest and retire fromt he cycle of the Eternal Champion.
Something nags at him, in his mind, a name, another Eternal Champion, but he doesn't know that name. A mystery that will not let him rest and retire fromt he cycle of the Eternal Champion.
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