![]() ![]() The Sword of the Dawn opens with Dorian Hawkmoon’s nemesis, Baron Meliadus of Granbretan, seething over his frustrated ambition, fearful that the failed siege he led has ruined his reputation in court, and obsessed with determining how to find and defeat Hawkmoon and Lord Brass once and for all. ![]() The Mad God’s Amulet concluded with a game-changing moment of epic awesomeness in which Castle Brass and the people of Kamarg escaped the encroaching Granbretan army by means of interdimensional travel courtesy of an artifact supplied by the mysterious Warrior in Jet and Gold. ![]() (In discussing the premise of The Sword of the Dawn, this review briefly recaps events from the first and second books that might be deemed spoilers. As with my reviews of the first two books, this review of The Sword of the Dawn approaches the third entry of the Hawkmoon series from the perspective of a first-time reader and focuses on the Tor trade paperback edition. ![]() Originally published in the 1960s, the series has been reprinted by Tor this year in the form of trade paperbacks complete with cover art and interior illustrations by Vance Kovacs. Earlier this year I reviewed The Jewel in the Skull and The Mad God’s Amulet, the first two books in Michael Moorcock’s Hawkmoon series. ![]()
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