Book 1 of Riftwar
Language: English
Adventure Apprentices Epic Fantasy Fantasy - General Fiction Fiction - Romance General Jimmy the Hand (Fictitious character) Magicians Non-Classifiable Romance Romance - General Science Fiction
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: Jan 1, 1982
Description:
He held the fate of two worlds in his hands...
Once he was an orphan called Pug, apprenticed to a sorcerer of the enchanted land of Midkemia.. Then he was captured and enslaved by the Tsurani, a strange, warlike race of invaders from another world.
There, in the exotic Empire of Kelewan, he earned a new name--Milamber. He learned to tame the unnimagined powers that lay withing him. And he took his place in an ancient struggle against an evil Enemy older than time itself.
From the Paperback edition.
Review
"Totally gripping ... . A fantasy of epic scope, fast-moving action and vivid imagination." -- The Washington Post Book World.
"Most exciting ... a very worthy and absorbing addition to the fantasy field." -- Andre Norton
From the Paperback edition.
From the Inside Flap
He held the fate of two worlds in his hands...
Once he was an orphan called Pug, apprenticed to a sorcerer of the enchanted land of Midkemia.. Then he was captured and enslaved by the Tsurani, a strange, warlike race of invaders from another world.
There, in the exotic Empire of Kelewan, he earned a new name--Milamber. He learned to tame the unnimagined powers that lay withing him. And he took his place in an ancient struggle against an evil Enemy older than time itself.
From the Paperback edition.