The First Book Of Swords

Fred Saberhagen

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Thousands of years after a war so terrible that it changed the very laws of nature, gods and giants once again stalk the earth and play their games with human lives... The First Book of Swords

Excerpt: "The more Vulcan the Smith thought about it, the more obvious it seemed. It would be very good, perhaps essential, to have humans at the site. He now had earthfire burning in earth-grown wood, with the clean upper air of the earth to lend its spirit to the flame. Opposed to this, in a sense, was the unearthly metal that he was going to work. He could feel the interior energies of it waiting, poised in their crystalline layers, eager to be shaped by his art. He could feel the ethereal, unearthly magic of the stuff. Yes, the metal itself would bring enough, maybe more than enough, of the unearthly to the project. Human sweat and pain were going to be indispensable. The catalyst of human fear would help to refine the magic too. And when the twelve blades had been forged at last, when he could raise them straight and glowing from the anvil - why, for their quenching, human blood would doubtless be best..."

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Review: "Fred Saberhagen has always been one of the best writers in the business...THE FIRST BOOK OF SWORDS has adventure and intrigue, a carefully rationalized background...most of all it has Fred Saberhagen's narrative gifts." - Stephen R. Donaldson. Author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

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More Reviews of The Books of Swords:
The First Book of Swords
The Second Book of Swords
The Third Book of Swords

The Books of Lost Swords:
The First Book of Lost Swords: Woundhealer's Story
The Second Book of Lost Swords: Sightblinder's Story
The Third Book of Lost Swords: Stonecutter's Story
The Fourth Book of Lost Swords: Farslayer's Story
The Fifth Book of Lost Swords: Coinspinner's Story
The Sixth Book of Lost Swords: Mindsword's Story
The Seventh Book of Lost Swords: Wayfinder's Story

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