The Sword and the Stallion
core novel 1974 The Eternal Champion
Record
| First published | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.89 (1,507 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 160 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780583129862 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
The Sword and the Stallion, concluding the Silver Hand trilogy and the Corum saga, opens as Corum and his Mabden allies celebrate a hard-won victory against the Fhoi Myore, though it quickly becomes clear that the greatest battles of the war still lie ahead of them. The story moves across multiple planes of existence, including the mysterious places of power Cremmsmound and the newly encountered Ynys Scaith, and features the ritual forging of a significant magical sword, a rare direct look at how such legendary weapons come into being in Moorcock's world. Threads left dangling from the earlier books in the trilogy gain unexpected new weight here, as apparently minor incidents from Corum's past reassert themselves with major consequences for both him and his remaining allies as the war against the Fhoi Myore builds toward its climax.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Eternal Champion
- Series: The Silver Hand Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Michael Moorcock
Notes
- From the series record (The Silver Hand Trilogy): Corum's second trilogy, set generations after the Swords Trilogy.
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 The Silver Hand Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous The Oak and the Ram (1973)
- Internal chronology, within The Eternal Champion: position 22 of 30: previous The Sleeping Sorceress (1971) · next The Champion of Garathorm (1973)
Sources
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