Witch of the Four Winds

Witch of the Four Winds

First edition
Author	John Jakes
Cover artist	Frank Frazetta
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Brak series
Genre	Fantasy short stories
Published	1969 (Paperback Library)
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	160 pp
OCLC	2304648
Preceded by	Brak the Barbarian
Followed by	The Mark of the Demons

Witch of the Four Winds is a fantasy novel by John Jakes featuring his sword and sorcery hero Brak the Barbarian. It was first published in the magazine Fantastic Stories of Imagination as a two-part serial in the issues for November and December 1963. It was first published in book form in paperback by Paperback Library in April 1969, with the title changed to Brak the Barbarian Versus the Sorceress. It was reprinted by Pocket Books in November 1977, and by Tower Books (under the shortened title Brak vs. The Sorceress) in 1981. British editions were issued under the title The Sorceress by Tandem in July 1970 (reprinted in 1976) and Star/W. H. Allen in February 1988. It was later, with the original title restored, gathered together with When the Idols Walked and two stories from The Fortunes of Brak into the omnibus collection Witch of the Four Winds / When the Idols Walked, published as an ebook by Open Road Integrated Media in July 2012. The novel has been translated into German^[1]

Plot

Continuing his quest to reach the glorious southern realm of Khurdisan the Golden, Brak, a blond, braided and broadsword-wielding barbarian from the frozen north, continues to be hounded by the corrupt and evil cult of the demon god Yob-Haggoth, whose followers want him dead. In desolate country, he encounters malevolent magic. Boulders fall in a soundless rain, and a mysterious old stranger appears to know all about him. An invisible horror rends his pony to shreds. It seems he has some sorcerous foe against whom no mundane weapon can avail.

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