The Runestaff

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 057511021X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 139

Book Description
The Dark Empire of Granbretan has humiliated and mutilated Dorian Hawkmoon, but it cannot rob him of his two consuming passions: his love for Yisselda of Brass and his hatred of her ruthless suitor Meliadus. But before he can defy the Dark Empire and win the beauteous Yisselda, he must seek the Runestaff, a quest that will send him into barbaric wonder and perverse evil ... and only if he succeeds will he avert the doom of all the world...

The History of the Runestaff

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780575074699
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 646

Book Description
The earth has grown old, her landscapes mellow, her people lost in abrooding dream. It is an age of antique cities, scientific sorcery, crystal machines, great flying engines with mechanical wings. And the armies of the Dark Empire are relentlessly taking over the once-peaceful city states, ravaging and destroying as they advance, mile by brutal mile ... The Dark Empire has humiliated and multilated Dorian Hawkmoon, but it cannot rob him of his two consuming passions: his love for Yisselda of Brass and his hatred of her ruthless suitor Meliadus. But before he can defy the Dark Empire and win the beauteous Yisselda, he must seek the Runestaff, a quest that will send him into barbaric wonder and perverse evil ... and only if he succeeds will her avert the doom of all the world ...

The Mad God's Amulet

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 057510984X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141

Book Description
After withstanding the power of the Black Jewel and saving the city of Hamadan from the conquest of the Dark Empire of Granbretan, Hawkmoon set off for the Kamarg, where friendship and love await him. But the journey is beyond treacherous. With his boon companion, Oladahn, the beastman of the Bulgar Mountains, Hawkmoon discovers the peaceful city of Soryandum, which holds the power to transcend the confines of time and space. This power, which keeps the city from falling to the Dark Empire, could keep the Kamarg safe. But alas his love Yisselda is now a prisoner of the Mad God, whose powerful amulet is linked to Hawkmoon's ultimate destiny: a power that began at creation and calls heroes to arms throughout existence. Hawkmoon must rip this amulet from the neck of the Mad God if he hopes to save the Kamarg and free his friends and his one true love from the Dark Empire's relentless wrath.

Hawkmoon

Author: Roger Salick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Hawkmoon

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Millennium Orion Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781857980288
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 533

Book Description
In Michael Moorcock's vast and imaginative multiverse, Law and Chaos wage war in a never-ending struggle over the fundamental rules of existence. Here, in this universe, Dorian Hawkmoon traverses a world of antique cities, scientific sorcery, and crystalline machines as he pulled unwillingly into a war that pits him against the ruthless and dominating armies of Granbretan.

The Michael Moorcock Library: The History of the Runestaff Volume 2

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Titan Comics
ISBN: 1787732002
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Published for the first time ever, Titan Comics is proud to present the concluding chapter of Michael Moorcock’s epic fantasy masterpiece, The Chronicles of Hawkmoon. Adapted and illustrated by the critically lauded and acclaimed artist and writer James Cawthorn. This book, 20 years in the making, saw the culmination of Cawthorn’s passion project, and cements his reputation as one of the true greats of fantasy illustration, and arguably the father of the graphic novel medium. Having escaped from the clutches of Baron Meliadus, the chief warlord of Huon, immortal King-Emperor of the Dark Empire of Granbretan, Duke Dorian Hawkmoon of Koln and his brother-in-arms, D’Averc, find themselves travelling the multiverse in search of the legendary Runestaff, the one artefact powerful enough to end the evil tyranny of Huon once and for all. “I’ve been an admirer of Jim Cawthorn’s art for pretty much my whole life.” – Alan Moore “So much glorious Jim Cawthorn art in a book that is an absolute triumph. I just want to revel in it.” – Neil Gaiman

The Jewel In The Skull

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 057510970X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Dorian Hawkmoon, the last Duke of Koln, swore to destroy the Dark Empire of Granbretan. But after his defeat and capture at the hands of the vast forces of the Empire, Hawkmoon becomes a puppet, co-opted by his arch nemesis, the ruthless Baron Meliadus, to infiltrate the last stronghold of rebellion against Granbretan: the small but powerful city of the Kamarg. He has been implanted with a black jewel, through which the Dark Empire can control his every decision. But in the stronghold of the Kamarg, Hawkmoon discovers the power inside him to overcome any control, and his vengeance against the Dark Empire is filled with an unrelenting fury.

Hawkmoon

Author: Gareth Hanrahan
Publisher: Mongoose Pub
ISBN: 9781905850211
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
The dark empire of Granbretan has conquered much of the world with its twisted science and vast armies, directed by the animal-masked nobles who mark their bestial natures on their faces as well as in their hearts. The small Duchy of the Kamarg, ruled by the noble Count Brass has managed to endure the endless sieges and plots unleashed by Granbretan against that rogue state. The warrior called Hawkmoon was once an assassin sent to kill Count Brass, his hand forced by the fiendish black jewel that sent its foul tendrils burrowing into his brain. But then he discovered his destiny as the Eternal Champion and held the Runestaff, and magic and hope returned to the world! Continuing the Eternal Champion rpg line, the Hawkmoon rpg takes players to our distant future, to a realm where science battles sorcery!

The Whispering Swarm

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1429986425
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 481

Book Description
Almost anyone who has read or written Science Fiction or fantasy has been inspired by the work of Michael Moorcock. His literary flair and grand sense of adventure have been evident since his controversial first novel Behold the Man, through the stories and novels featuring his most famous character, Elric of Melniboné, to his fantasy masterpiece, Gloriana, winner of both the Campbell Memorial and World Fantasy, awards for best novel. Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and Michael Chabon all cite Moorcock as a major influence; as editor of New Worlds magazine, he helped launch the careers of many of his contemporaries, including Harlan Ellison, Philip K. Dick, and J. G. Ballard. Tor Books now proudly presents Moorcock's first independent novel in nine years, a tale both fantastical and autobiographical, a celebration of London and what it meant to be young there in the years after World War II. The Whispering Swarm is the first in a trilogy that will follow a young man named Michael as he simultaneously discovers himself and a secret realm hidden deep in the heart of London. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Hawkmoon

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 9780575108691
Category : Fantasy fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 656

Book Description
The earth has grown old, her landscapes mellow, her people lost in a brooding dream. It is an age of antique cities, scientific sorcery, crystal machines, great flying engines with mechanical wings. And the armies of the Dark Empire are relentlessly taking over the once-peaceful city states, ravaging and destroying as they advance, mile by brutal mile ... The Dark Empire has humiliated and multilated Dorian Hawkmoon, but it cannot rob him of his two consuming passions: his love for Yisselda of Brass and his hatred of her ruthless suitor Meliadus. But before he can defy the Dark Empire and win the beauteous Yisselda, he must seek the Runestaff, a quest that will send him into barbaric wonder and perverse evil ... and only if he succeeds will he avert the doom of all the world ... This volume brings together all four volumes of Hawkmoon's remarkable adventure.