Michael Moorcock's powerful fantasy begins. Prince Corum Jhaelen embarks on an epic journey of fate and vengeance through all the fifteen planes of Earth, even to the very center of Time-the still, blue city of Tanelorn. Acclaimed author Michael Moorcock weaves stunning blend of magic, heroism, and wonder.

In an age before time began when the old Gods were abroad in the Earth, Corum of the Scarlet Robe defeated the agents of chaos and cruelty and made history possible. Now a new age requires a hero. There are new lords who would be gods - Odin and Thor and Freya and Loki. And there are the descendants of Corum's Vadagh people, now called Elf-folk. There is a portent - a great black bull sometimes seen on the horizon. The bull must be ridden by the one who possesses the Spear of Llaw Ereint. And the one who will come to possess the spear will be one who has a silver hand - it is the hand of Corum...

This first of two trilogies concerning Corum, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe, is the seventh volume in the Eternal Champion series. Like all the other books in this series, it is newly edited and updated by the author and his editor.

The ancient races, the Vadhagh and the Nhadragh, are dying. By creating Mankind, the universe has condemned Earth to a pestilence of destruction and fear. Prince Corum is the last remaining Vadhagh. He sets out on a crusade of vengeance against the forces that slaughtered his family and his race, to challenge the unjust power of the puppet masters of Man: the Lords of Chaos. Along the way he will barter with his soul for the limbs of gods to repair his mutilated body, and will encounter a member of the very race who caused the mutilation, the irresistible Rhalina...

A great Winter fell across the earth. Corum of the Silver Hand had slain the gods that Man might rule; the last of the Vadhagh. He had saved the race that had betrayed his own and he had earned his rest. However, it was not to be, for new gods now walk through the land. Corum takes up the moon-coloured sword with sorrow. To him falls the task of defeating the Fhoi Myore, the Cold Gods who yearn for death but cannot be slain.

The seasons have turned from spring to summer across the quiet earth - yet the Fhoi Myore were hiding in mist, awaiting their chance to unleash their icy realm of death. To defeat the Cold Gods, Corum of the Silver Hand must restore the High King's power with legendary treasures - the Golden Oak and the Silver Ram - lost talismans that wield miraculous forces. Forces that Corum must now tame...