When the Idols Walked
core novel 1978 Brak the Barbarian
Record
| First published | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.27 (63 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780671813734 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Brak, a blond, braided barbarian from the frozen north, keeps travelling toward the southern realm of Khurdisan the Golden. He reaches the sea hoping to find a ship, but raiders attack his party, capture him and force him to work as a galley slave. At sea he meets even worse dangers, among them an idol that is animated by the spirit of a vengeful witch. The story first ran as a two-part magazine serial in 1964 and was published as a paperback in 1978.
Where it sits
- Universe: Brak the Barbarian
- Series: Brak the Barbarian core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: John Jakes
Notes
- First serialised in a magazine in 1964; first book edition 1978.
- From the series record (Brak the Barbarian): A northern barbarian journeys toward Khurdisan the Golden through four paperback novels.
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 Brak the Barbarian: position 4 of 4: previous The Mark of the Demons (1969)
Sources
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