The Darkling
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 Dust-jacket illustration by Raymond Bayless for The Darkling |
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| Author | David Kesterton |
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| Illustrator | frontispiece map by Jason Van Hollander |
| Cover artist | Raymond Bayless |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
| Released | 1982 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 259 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-87054-090-4 |
The Darkling is a Fantasy novel by author David Kesterton. It was published by Arkham House in in 1982 in an edition of 3,126 copies. It was the author's first book.
[edit] Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Set in the distant future, a young tribesman, Maradek searches for his father, Afurad. In the course of this search, he helps to foil the forces that threaten the world's destruction.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] References
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 129-130. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 54.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 150. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 128. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
