The Wordsmiths and the Warguild
core novel 1987 Chronicles of an Age of Darkness
Record
| First published | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.77 (333 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780552131308 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Togura Poulaan is a hapless young man who is swept through many adventures in a world at war. The Warguild and the wordsmiths of the title are among the groups he meets, but for all his efforts he achieves very little. The novel is a short, wry counterpoint to the large-scale conflicts seen elsewhere in the series. The novel runs alongside the larger conflicts of the series, and its young hero meets many people but achieves little for all his adventures.
Where it sits
- Universe: Chronicles of an Age of Darkness
- Series: Chronicles of an Age of Darkness core; position 2 of 10 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Hugh Cook
Notes
- Published in the United States as two books, The Questing Hero and The Hero's Return.
- From the series record (Chronicles of an Age of Darkness): Ten linked novels, each narrated by a different character, set on the world of Olo Malan.
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 Chronicles of an Age of Darkness: position 2 of 10: previous The Wizards and the Warriors (1986) · next The Women and the Warlords (1987)
Sources
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