![]() ![]() Unfortunately for Corum, peace doesn't work well within the confines of a fantasy novel and they find themselves arguing amongst themselves, hating and resenting even those they love. The novel opens with Corum, Rhalina, and Jhary-a-Conel living relatively peacefully at a rebuilt Castle Erorn while Mabden civilization rebuilds in the aftermath of the events of The Queen of the Swords and the Vadhagh from Xiombarg's planes of existence establish themselves in place of the Vadhagh who Glandyth-a-Krae wiped out in The King of the Swords. As with the previous novel, Corum and his companions must rely on a certain amount of deus ex machina in order to win the day, but by this point in the trilogy, Moorcock has established the technique as a legitimate plot device that is a response to earlier epic fantasy. ![]() ![]() The first trilogy of Michael Moorcock's Corum Jhaelen Irsei comes to an end with The King of the Swords, in which Corum and his companions go face-to-face with Mabelode, known as the Faceless. THE KING OF THE SWORDS by Michael Moorcock Mayflower 9-9 141pp/£.25/March 1972 ![]()
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