Sightblinder's Story
core novel 1987 Empire of the East / Swords
Record
| First published | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.80 (2,412 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312930325 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Sightblinder is one of the twelve Swords of Power, weapons that can kill the gods who made them. It shows its wielder whatever he most wants or fears, and it is now held by a young farm boy who does not understand what it can do. Prince Mark of Tasavalta is captured by a griffin and imprisoned by the Ancient One, who also holds Mark's own Sword. His companions Ben and Zoltan set out to rescue him, and on the way they deal with a former queen, the boy with Sightblinder, a sorcerer's daughter and an enigmatic emperor.
Where it sits
- Universe: Empire of the East / Swords
- Series: Lost Swords core; position 2 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Fred Saberhagen
Notes
- Published as The Second 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 2 of 8: previous Woundhealer's Story (1986) · next Stonecutter's Story (1988)
- Internal chronology, within Empire of the East / Swords: position 6 of 15: previous The Second Book of Swords (1983) · next Changeling Earth (1973)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Books of Swords
- Fred Saberhagen's official site
- AbeBooks listing (Tor hardcover, 1987)
- Fred Saberhagen's site: Sightblinder's Story
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