An Armory of Swords
Edited by Fred Saberhagen.
A collection set in the SWORDS world by authors:
- Fred Saberhagen
- Walter Jon Williams
- Gene Bostwick
- Robert E. Vardeman
- Thomas Saberhagen
- Pati Nagle
- Michael A. Stackpole
- Sage Walker
Fred Saberhagen
Fred Thomas Saberhagen (1930–2007) was a Chicago-born American science fiction and fantasy fiction author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction stories.
He also wrote a series of vampire novels in which the vampires (including the famous Dracula) are the protagonists, and a series of post-apocalyptic mytho-magical novels beginning with his popular Empire of the East and continuing through a long series of Swords and Lost Swords novels. Saberhagen died of cancer, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Books of Swords
Books of Swords consists of three primary books, and includes three additional books that complement the series but are not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Main series Ardneh sequence