Cover of Phoenix in Obsidian

Phoenix in Obsidian

core novel 1970 Erekose / The Eternal Champion

Record

First published1970
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating3.83 (2,251 ratings, collected 2026-08-13)
Page count220
First-edition ISBN9781783291625
Internal chronology2

Where it sits

Notes

  • From the series record (The Erekose Trilogy): John Daker, an ordinary 20th-century man, discovers he is the reincarnation of the ancient hero Erekose -- one of Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion incarnations, distinct from the already-admitted Elric Saga, Hawkmoon and Corum. Phoenix in Obsidian was retitled The Silver Warriors for its US edition (same text, not a separate work). No in-story crossover with Elric/Corum/Hawkmoon occurs within these 3 books themselves -- see the related_universes crossover entries instead, which record the meeting from Corum's own Core Canon side.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

Sources

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