Mindsword's Story
core novel 1990 Empire of the East / Swords
Record
| First published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.84 (1,453 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312851286 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
Crown Prince Murat of Culm finds the Mindsword, a Sword that makes its wielder the object of total devotion. He had meant to give it to Princess Kristin of Tasavalta, but he draws it to protect his son during a bandit attack, and he soon receives the worship usually reserved for gods. Kristin also falls under the Sword's spell, which Murat finds hollow. Meanwhile a deposed dark king allies with an untrustworthy demon to reclaim the Sword, and Prince Mark of Tasavalta must fight for his wife, his kingdom and possibly the world.
Where it sits
- Universe: Empire of the East / Swords
- Series: Lost Swords core; position 6 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Fred Saberhagen
Notes
- Published as The Sixth Book of Lost Swords.
- From the series record (Lost Swords): Eight novels that follow the Swords of Power after the first trilogy, centered on Prince Mark of Tasavalta and his family.
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 Lost Swords: position 6 of 8: previous Coinspinner's Story (1989) · next Wayfinder's Story (1992)
- Internal chronology, within Empire of the East / Swords: position 13 of 15: previous Coinspinner's Story (1989) · next Wayfinder's Story (1992)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Books of Swords
- Fred Saberhagen's official site
- AbeBooks listing (Tor hardcover, 1990)
- Fred Saberhagen's site: Mindsword's Story
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