The Runestaff

by Michael Moorcock

Book Overview

In Michael Moorcock's vast and imaginative multiverse, Law and Chaos wage war in a never-ending struggle over the fundamental rules of existence. Here, in this universe, Dorian Hawkmoon traverses a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879973242
• ISBN13: 9780879973247
• Release Date: September 1977
• Publisher: Daw Books
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

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Dorian Hawkmoon and friends, and his new ally Orland, a relative of his ally the Warrior in Jet and Gold, must strive to gain control of The Runestaff, as the only means to save the world fromt he depradations of the Dark Empire and its nobility and even its mad scientist nobility. While he would rather be hanging out with Count Brass and his daughter, that is not the Eternal Champion's fate in this multiverse.

The conclusion to the Runestaff saga, but not to Hawkmoon.

Michael Moorcock, The Runestaff (DAW, 1969)Ah, you may think the adventures of good old Dorian Hawkmoon come to an end with the fourth and final novel of the Runestaff. Likely, so did Moorcock (the fifth book in the series, the start of a new trilogy, wasn't released for another four years, while these four were released over a period of a little more than twelve months). Now, with everything in place, it's time for Hawkmoon and his friend Huillam d'Averc to seek out the Runestaff itself. Problem is, Hawkmoon isn't fond of the idea; he'd rather go back to Castle Brass for a spell and see the rest of his friends. In the course of his erratic journey, we meet a new main character, Orland Fank (the brother of Hawkmoon's longtime advisor The Warrior in Jet and Gold), a few brand-new monstrosities, and the like. The series comes to a conclusion that is surprisingly, in retrospect, satisfying; had Moorcock never taken up the pen and applied it to Hawkmoon again, readers of the series would likely have been satisfied with what's here. Well, perhaps "satisfied" is not the correct word; longtime fans of the Eternal Champion books will understand what I mean. In either case, a good conclusion to the series, and one of the more worthwhile books in Moorcock's vast (and expanding) repertoire. ****