The Forge in the Forest
For Alv – now Elof the Smith – the war was not yet won. Ker Bryhaine was still a divided city; the Ekwesh, bloodily divided, would look for revenge; the mysterious girl Kara and the beautiful but sinister Louhi who held her bound had escaped, by strange means; and the Ice, implacably malevolent, continued its inexorable march southward.
So from Ker Bryhaine, torn by hatred and suspicion, Elof, Kermorvan, Ils of the mysterious Duergar and their companions, mount an expedition to reach the legendary lost cities of the East. If they can manage to reunite the war-torn peoples, after long centuries, they may be able to stand together against the menace of the Ice. But to Elof and Kermorvan the journey would also bring knowledge of the Powers ranged for and against them, and of the secrets within themselves waiting to be revealed – secrets that would play a part in the war yet to come. And what part in that would Kara and Louhi play?
Michael Scott Rohan
Michael Scott Rohan (1951-2018) was a Scottish fantasy and science fiction author and writer on opera.
He had a number of short stories published before his first books, the science fiction novel Run to the Stars and the non-fiction First Byte. He then collaborated with Allan J. Scott on the nonfiction The Hammer and The Cross (an account of Christianity arriving in Viking lands, not to be confused with Harry Harrison's similarly themed novel trilogy of the same name) and the fantasy novels The Ice King and A Spell of Empire.
The Winter of the World
The chronicles of The Winter of the World echo down the ages in half-remembered myth and song - tales of mysterious powers of the Mastersmiths, of the forging of great weapons, of the subterranean kingdoms of the duergar, of Gods who walked abroad, and of the Powers that struggled endlessly for dominion.
The Winter of the World consists of six books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
