In a post at Tor.com, Moorcock recalled writing the first series: 1973’s Count Brass and The Champion of Garathorm were followed in 1975 by The Quest For Tanelorn, presenting a possible ending for the overall saga of the Champion. A few years later, Moorcock wrote another three books following the adventures of Dorian Hawkmoon, Duke of Köln, The Chronicles of Castle Brass these books tied Hawkmoon more closely to Moorcock’s mythos of the multiverse and the Eternal Champion - concepts tying together all Moorcock’s fiction writing. The Jewel in the Skull was published in 1967, The Mad God’s Amulet (originally published as Sorcerer’s Amulet) and The Sword of the Dawn both came out in 1968, and The Runestaff (originally The Secret of the Runestaff) was published in 1969. That first series, The History of the Runestaff, dates from the late sixties. I vaguely remembered enjoying the first series would it hold up? So in the wake of John’s post, I thought it was well worth taking another look at Hawkmoon’s adventures. It had been years since I’d read that original Hawkmoon series, and I’d never read the second series of three books that followed, despite having them sitting on my bookshelves. A little while ago, Fearless Leader John O’Neill posted here about Tor reprints of Michael Moorcock’s first four Dorian Hawkmoon books being remaindered (you can still get them at Amazon).
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