Witch of the Four Winds
core novel 1969 Brak the Barbarian
Record
| First published | 1969 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.24 (133 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Brak travels south toward Khurdisan the Golden through a desolate land where malevolent magic strikes at him, with falling boulders and an invisible monster that kills his pony. He rescues a shepherdess from a creature called the Manworm and reaches the city of Lord Strann. The city is threatened by the alchemist Nordica and her servant, the wizard Tamar Zed. Nordica is believed to have murdered her father to keep his secret of turning base metal into gold. Brak is captured and held with three others marked for sacrifice in a rite to make the gold, and they plan an escape. The sorceress may have a link to Brak's own past.
Where it sits
- Universe: Brak the Barbarian
- Series: Brak the Barbarian core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: John Jakes
Notes
- First book edition was retitled Brak the Barbarian Versus the Sorceress; first serialised in 1963.
- 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 2 of 4: previous Brak the Barbarian (1968) · next The Mark of the Demons (1969)
Sources
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