Wayfinder's Story
core novel 1992 Empire of the East / Swords
Record
| First published | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.87 (1,286 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312850005 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
A young, gentle farmhand named Valdemar comes into possession of Wayfinder, a Sword that guides its wielder toward whatever he seeks. Valdemar wants a wife, but the Sword leads him to Lady Yambu, a former Silver Queen who is on her own journey and has no interest in settling down. Elsewhere, a sorcerer and his associate meet a leader at a wealthy stronghold, a veteran named Ben is captured by armed men, and a prince searches for the healing Sword Woundhealer to save an injured princess. Wayfinder tends to complicate every quest it touches.
Where it sits
- Universe: Empire of the East / Swords
- Series: Lost Swords core; position 7 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Fred Saberhagen
Notes
- Published as The Seventh 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 7 of 8: previous Mindsword's Story (1990) · next Shieldbreaker's Story (1994)
- Internal chronology, within Empire of the East / Swords: position 14 of 15: previous Mindsword's Story (1990) · next Shieldbreaker's Story (1994)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Books of Swords
- Fred Saberhagen's official site
- AbeBooks listing (Tor hardcover, 1992)
- Fred Saberhagen's site: Wayfinder's Story
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