The Weird of the White Wolf

by Michael Moorcock

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Series: Elric (novella collection∆*), The Eternal Champion (Elric novella collection)

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Now sword and man are one, and Elric and his blade Stormbringer must go forth through havoc and horror to carve out their destiny.

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Tragedy has pushed Elric and Stormbringer even closer together and it is not for the good. Elric has finally given in to his blade and together they have made a pact of blood and violence, swearing to forsake all and destroy anything that gets in the way. Despair and hopelessness will mold the shadows and devour souls in this dark and embittered volume. (

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JHemlock | Jan 4, 2023 |

Already published in various other titles. (

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NerdyBookingham | Sep 12, 2022 |

Just as good as the others in the Elric series, very good reading. (

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MarkLacy | May 29, 2022 |

Excellent entry in the saga, finds Elric at his darkest hour and the prologue offers hints toward more darkness still to come. Book one Elric at his most Melnibonean and his greatest despair so far. Book two his hopes are dashed again and book three a return to form as he defeats a great enemy and is once again thwarted in vengence. (

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kevn57 | Dec 8, 2021 |

I'm quite surprised at how much I'm enjoying this series. Often, the books I read as a young man end up leaving me cold now that I'm an old fart.

But Elric stands up. And this volume, bookended by two short stories, with a long one in between, is just as much fun. Elric is now a nomad, a dark, brooding orphan from a city that no longer exists, his only companion a sword with a mind of its own that he can't be rid of.

So, it's somewhat like Conan, right? Well, yes and no. There's definite similarities, but there's significant differences that make Elric a singular character in fantasy fiction.

Looking forward to the fourth volume. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Moorcock, Michael	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Gould, Robert	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Persson, Claes	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Sabaté, Hernán	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Whelan, Michael	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Dreaming City [short story] by Michael Moorcock

Master of Chaos by Michael Moorcock

While the Gods Laugh by Michael Moorcock

The Singing Citadel [short story] by Michael Moorcock

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The Michael Moorcock Library - Elric Vol. 4: The Weird of the White Wolf by Roy Thomas

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The Weird of the White Wolf

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1977-03

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To the memory of Ted Carnell, editor of New Worlds and of Science Fantasy,who published all the early Elric stories and and whose suggestion I first began to write the series. A kind and generous man who gave me much encouragment in my early years and without whom these stories would never have been written.

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From the glassless window of the stone tower it was possible to see the wide river winding off between loose, brown banks, through the heaped terrain of solid green copses which blended very gradually into the mass of the forest proper.

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Novella collection, these novellas are included:

Master of Chaos ("The Dream of Earl Aubec")
The Dreaming City
While the Gods Laugh
The Singing Citadel

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Now sword and man are one, and Elric and his blade Stormbringer must go forth through havoc and horror to carve out their destiny.

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AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE BETWEEN SWORD AND SWORDSMAN...

"We must be bound to one another, then. Bound by hell-forged chains and fate-haunted circumstance. Well, then - let it be thus so - and men will have cause to tremble and flee when they hear the names of Elric of Melniboné and Stormbringer, his sword. We are two of a kind -produced by an age which has deserted us. Let us give this age cause to hate us..."

Imrryr, the dreaming city; Yyrkoon, the hatred usurper; Cymoril, the beloved - all had fallen to the fury and unearthly power of the albino prince and his terrible sword. And Elric faced at last the fate that was to be his in this haunted era: that he must go forth, sword and man as one, and havoc and horror would be forever at his forefront until he found the Purpose tag was as yet obscured to him...

THE WEIRD of THE WHITE WOLF is the authorised, revised and complete novel of the third book of Elric.

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