The Dragon in the Sword
core novel 1987 Erekose / The Eternal Champion
Record
| First published | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.87 (1,055 ratings, collected 2026-08-13) |
| Page count | 272 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781783291632 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Erekose / The Eternal Champion
- Series: The Erekose Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Michael Moorcock
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.
- Reading order, within the series The Erekose Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous Phoenix in Obsidian (1970)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Eternal Champion (novel)
- Wikipedia: The Dragon in the Sword
- Moorcography.org: Phoenix in Obsidian
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