Woundhealer's Story
core novel 1986 Empire of the East / Swords
Record
| First published | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.79 (3,221 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312932435 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The gods forged twelve Swords of Power, weapons that can kill gods, and left them scattered across the land when they vanished. Mark, Prince Consort of Tasavalta, searches for Woundhealer, the Sword of Healing, hoping it can cure his seven-year-old son Adrian, who is blind and suffers seizures. His enemies, the wizard Burslam and Baron Amnitor, are also after the Swords. Mark's nephew Zoltan escapes capture and begins a quest of his own. As the missions unfold, four of the great Swords are drawn in battle.
Where it sits
- Universe: Empire of the East / Swords
- Series: Lost Swords core; position 1 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Fred Saberhagen
Notes
- Published as The First 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 1 of 8: next Sightblinder's Story (1987)
- Internal chronology, within Empire of the East / Swords: position 3 of 15: previous The First Book of Swords (1983) · next The Black Mountains (1971)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Books of Swords
- Fred Saberhagen's official site
- AbeBooks listing (Tor hardcover, 1986)
- Fred Saberhagen's site: Woundhealer's Story
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