- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books (April 8 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0812520580
- ISBN-13: 978-0812520583
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.9 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #920,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Returning to the milieu of his Swords trilogy, Saberhagen offers a new scenario. The gods have withdrawn from the human world and the 12 Swords of Power they had forged are now scattered, lost and hidden. The weapons are still coveted, though, by men like Baron Amintor, who has lost one kingdom and now sees them as the means to another. No scruples stop him from stealing the sword Woundhealer from the White Temple, where its powers were offered to cure all pilgrims. His bad luck, however, is to have crossed Prince Mark, who is desperate for Woundhealer's help in treating his blind, troubled son. The running battle between Mark and Amintor, their allies, their wizards and their swords, is spun out in a light, pleasant adventure that benefits greatly from Saberhagen's narrative gifts as the various strands leapfrog forward, keeping the reader off balance but constantly intrigued.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Prince Mark of Tasavalta embarks on a perilous journey to find the Sword Woundhealer to cure his son of a terminal disease...but an evil wizard has other plans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating Adventure Fantasy, Oct 8 1997
By kevinc@altagroup.com - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: FIRST BK LOST SWORDS (Mass Market Paperback)
Woundhealers Story continues the story of the 12 God-Forged magical swords begun in the First Book of Swords. The first three swords books, in turn, have some significant connections to the Empire of the East trilogy. The Lost Swords books series continues on for eight highly engaging volumes. There is also a collection of novelettes, an Armoury of Swords, wherein Saberhagen invited other authors to play in the Swords universe. All of the Swords volumes contain Saberhagen's fast paced, but careful plotting, many memorable characters and scenes, clever situations and dilemmas based on the varied powers and limitations of the swords, moments of sheer dread and terror built on malevolence of the demons, romance, wit, subtle satire during the occasional encounters with the Blue Temple (worshipers of wealth) and the rival Red Temple (purveyers of gambling, drugs, and prostitution), fascinating villains, ranging from dread wizards and the admirably resourceful Baron Amnitor, to the semi-tragic Prince Muran of the Mindsword's story, and engaging protagonists, ranging from children caught up in intrigues of their elders, an array of male and female heros, and on to the mysterious Emperor. I'd read these volumes originally when they first appeared, and recently, spurred on by _An Armory of Swords_ went back and re-read them in a blitz. Marvelous, engaging work. Worth both reading, and, as I found, worth re-reading. For example, I found a fascinating resonance between the unanswered questions at the end of the Third Book of Swords, and the final revelations about the Emperor. But Saberhagen is best experienced with the surprises intact. He makes the journey as rewarding as the end. Woundhealer's tale begin's with Prince Mark's attempt to acquire the healing sword in order to heal his blind son Adrian. All of the Lost Swords books involve Prince Mark and/or his relations in power struggles related to the swords, and various parties who seek to control them, with one exception, that being Stonecutter's story, which stands apart as a Holmes-like fantasy mystery. Recommended.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Innocuous fluff, Nov 14 2000
By the_smoking_quill - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The First Book of Lost Swords: Woundhealer's Story (Hardcover)
I read the Complete Book of Swords just to introduce myself to an older fantasy writer whom I hadn't read before, and I read this one just as a follow-up, perhaps hoping the tale would get better. It didn't. The story is simplistic, with an absolute minimum of characterization. There are a couple of clever moments (e.g. Amintor's desperate gamble while holding Woundhealer), but overall, there's just not much good fantasy "meat" here. I might recommend this at a 8th-9th grade reading level, i.e. if someone that age really needed to read a fantasy book. But even then, Alexander's Prydain Chronicles are far superior.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, one of my favorite Series is now on the Kindle!, Aug 22 2011
By R. Trapp - Published on Amazon.com
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Thank you for finally releasing this series on the Kindle. I read the first Book of Swords back when I was in High School and fell in love with the Series. Over the years I was thrilled when another one of the Lost Swords books showed up in the Book Store. Now I can finally have them all in my Digital Collection.Thank you once again. :)
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