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The Queen of the Swords
by Michael Moorcock
The Second Book of Corum


CONTENTS
BOOK ONE
Chapter One What the Sea God Discarded
Chapter Two The Gathering at Kalenwyr
Chapter Three Lywm-an-Esh
Chapter Four The Wall Between the Realms

BOOK TWO
Chapter One The Lake of Voices
Chapter Two The White River
Chapter Three Beasts of the Abyss
Chapter Four The Chariots of Chaos
Chapter Five The Frozen Army
Chapter Six The City in the Pyramid

BOOK THREE
Chapter One The Horde from Hell
Chapter Two The Siege Begins
Chapter Three Prince Gaynor the Damned
Chapter Four The Barbarian Attack
Chapter Five The Fury of Queen Xiombarg


BOOK ONE

In which Prince Corum meets a poet, hears a portent and plans a journey

CHAPTER ONE

What the Sea God Discarded
Now the skies of summer were pale blue over the deeper blue of the sea; over the
golden green of the mainland forest; over the grassy rocks of Moidel's Mount and
the white stones of the castle raised on its peak. And the last of the Vadhagh
race, Prince Corum in the Scarlet Robe, was deep in love with the Mabden woman,
Margravine Rhalina of Allomglyl.
Corum Jhaelen Irsei, whose right eye was covered by a patch encrusted with
dark jewels so that it resembled the orb of an insect, whose left eye (the
natural one) was large and almond-shaped with a yellow centre and purple
surround, was unmistakably Vadhagh. His skull was narrow and long and tapering
at the chin and his ears were tapered, too. They had no lobes and were flat
against the skull. The hair was fair and finer than the finest Mabden maiden's,
his mouth was wide, full-lipped, and his skin was rose-pink and flecked with
gold. He would have been handsome save for the baroque blemish that was now his