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The series spans several decades and features dozens of characters. Bestselling author fred saberhagen created three popular series. This book really picks up the story, where book 2 was a bit of a detour. The complete book of swords omnibus, volumes 1, 2, 3 1st edition by fred saberhagen, duncan eagleson illustrator hardcover, 626 pages, published 1984. These three book series include book of swords, book of lost swords, and the empire of east series. Nevertheless, this is the opening to saberhagen s unique, spotty, but often brilliant swords epic trilogy and their sequelsnone of which ever match the awe of the first two to three books, and saberhagen tells a mean story, particularly this oneeven if it takes until the second book for mark to become a firstrate prime protagonist. It is comprised of the first book of swords, the second book of swords, and the third book of swords. Berserker man by fred saberhagen webscription ebook. Fred saberhagens book of swords novels have captivated fantasy readers for more than a decade. The first full length book written by him is called the golden people and was released in 1964. Donaldson, author of white gold wielderhoist with their own petard by setting humans up as pawns in their game of swords, the gods now face their own destruction in the violent thrilling conclusion to sanberhagens swords trilogy.
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