by Michael Scott Rohan (Author)
The chronicles of THE WINTER OF THE WORLD echo down the ages in half-remembered myth and song - tales of mysterious powers of the Mastersmiths, of the forging of great weapons, of the subterranean kingdoms of the duergar, of Gods who walked abroad, and of the powers that struggled endlessly for dominion. In the Northlands, beleaguered by the ever-encroaching Ice and the marauding Ekwesh, a young cowherd, Alv, saved from the raiders by the mysterious Mastersmith, discovers in himself and uncanny power to shape metal - but it is a power that may easily be turned to evil ends, and on a dreadful night Alv flees the Mastersmith, and embarks on the quest to find both his own destiny, and a weapon that will let him stand against the Power of the Ice.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 19 Feb 1987
ISBN 10: 1857230949
ISBN 13: 9781857230949
Book Overview: Book one of Michael Scott Rohan's classic fantasy epic set in a world shaped by the power of ice.