Into the Forge
core novel 1997 Mithgar
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.95 (1,157 ratings, collected 2026-10-30) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451454584 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Tip and Beau, two Warrows from the village of Twoforks, find a mortally wounded swordsman as an ancient dark sorcery draws the kingdoms near the Grimwall mountains into war. They try to save him, and in return he gives them a copper coin and a cryptic message: take the coin east to Agron, and warn everyone. Modru has begun a violent reign over the Free Folk and sends deadly emissaries after the two small travellers. Their quest east becomes a matter of life and death, and their arrival in Agron could set off a war that threatens more than their own world.
Where it sits
- Universe: Mithgar
- Series: Hèl's Crucible core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dennis L. McKiernan
Notes
- First volume of Hèl's Crucible; set in the Second Era, long before The Iron Tower.
- From the series record (Hèl's Crucible): Two volumes following the Warrows Tip and Beau in the Second Era.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Hèl's Crucible: position 1 of 2: next Into the Fire (1998)
- Internal chronology, within Mithgar: position 3 of 14: previous Trek to Kraggen-Cor (1986) · next Dragondoom (1990)
Sources
- Mithgar.com author bibliography
- Penguin Random House Mithgar series
- TV Tropes: Mithgar
- Penguin Random House: Into the Forge
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