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Kane, the mystic swordsman - an immortal, flame-haired sorcerer-warrior, cursed by an insane elder god to walk the Earth until eventually destroyed by the violence that he himself created. Deep in the forest, hidden inside eldritch ruins within the impenatrable swamp of the batrachian toad-men, there exists an ancient relic from the days when an elder race from beyond the stars ruled a pre-human Earth. Six tales of sorcery and swordplay while the Night Winds howl.Tags
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This has 3 stories about Kane, Wagner's dark version of Conan. Kane strangled his brother on the alter of the mad god that created man. The god cursed him to live until the violence he brought to the race killed him. Kane is very tough, mean & intelligent, so keeps living. A great read for anyone who likes 'Sword & Sorcery'.
First read these stories almost 40 years ago and they still stand as some of the best Sword and Sorcery to be found.
It's Kane!
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- Canonical title
- Night Winds
- Original publication date
- 1978
- People/Characters
- Kane
- Dedication
- To Manly Wade Wellman -
Scholar and Gentleman,
Writer and Man
Friend -
It takes a giant to encompass all these qualities;
And we'll see no more of giants. - First words
- "She was brought in not long past dark? wheezed the custodian, scuttling crab-like along the rows of silent, shrouded slabs.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)His heels touched the horses flanks and Kane vanished into the Mists as well.
- Blurbers
- Jakes, John
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.087662
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 813.087662 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Fantasy Sword and Sorcery
- LCC
- PS3573 .A38 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- 264
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- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (4.13)
- Languages
- English, Polish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 5
