Madwand

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Title Madwand

Dust-jacket illustration from the first edition
Author Roger Zelazny
Cover artist Rowena Morrill
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy novel
Publisher Phantasia Press
Released 1981
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 254 pp
ISBN ISBN 0932096115
Preceded by Changeling

Madwand is a 1981 fantasy novel by Roger Zelazny. It is a sequel to Changeling.

[edit] Plot Summary

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Pol Detson, son of Lord Det, has come home, now a powerful sorcerer of unsurpassed natural ability. But Pol is still an untrained talent, a "madwand." To take control of his powers, to rule in his father's place, he must survive arduous training and a fantastic initiation into the rites of society.

[edit] References

  • Levack, Daniel J. H. (1983). Amber Dreams: A Roger Zelazny Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller, 53-54. ISBN 0-934438-39-0. 
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 507-508.