Zarsthor's Bane
by Andre Norton
Witch World: High Hallack (5), Hexenwelt (Book 9), Witch World (11), Witch World: Publication Order (1978.11)
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Few authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton's books have sold millions of copies worldwide.Zarsthor's Bane-it bound them all in a mystic web of ancient peril: the man whose madness drove him to seek it; the boy who followed him; the girl and her cat who crossed their path in the wild and lonely reaches of High Hallack; and the host show more of spirits waiting in lost An-Yak for the final confrontation of magic with magic, power with power . . . show lessTags
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Born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton in 1934. She attended the Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve) for a year then took evening courses in journalism and writing that were offered by Cleveland College, the adult division of show more the same university. Norton was a librarian for the Cleveland Library System then a reader at Gnome Press. After that position, she became a full-time writer. She is most noted for writing fantasy, in particular the Witch World series. Her first book The Prince of Commands was published in 1934. Other titles include Ralestone Luck, Magic in Ithkar, Voorloper, Uncharted Stars, The Gifts of Asti and All Cats are Gray. She also wrote under the pen names Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston She was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and the Nebula Grand Master Award. She has also received a Phoenix Award for overall writing achievement, a Jules Verne Award, and a Science Fiction Book Club Book of the Year Award for her title The Elvenbane. In 1997 she was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. She died on March 17, 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Witch World: High Hallack
11 works (5)
Hexenwelt
10 works (Book 9)
Witch World
28 works (11)
Witch World: Publication Order
32 works (1978.11)
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Terra Fantasy (82)
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Die Macht der Hexenwelt
- Original title
- Zarsthor's Bane
- Original publication date
- 1978-11
- People/Characters
- Brixia; Dwed; Eldor; Marbon; Uta (the cat); Zarsthor
- Important places
- High Hallack, Witch World
- First words
- Wan sunlight touched the upper reaches of this unnamed western dale to which Brixia's unguided wandering had brought her.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It was gone-- the world had changed, even as Zarsthor's Bane had become this wondrous thing.
- Original language
- English
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- English, German, Polish
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- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 9
