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Also by John Picacio:

Elric The Stealer Of Souls, February 2008
Paperback
Cover Story: The Art Of John Picacio, June 2006
Hardcover

Also by Michael Moorcock:

The Wounds of Albion, November 2026
Hardcover
The Albino’s Secret, October 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Albino's Secret, October 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
Von Bek, December 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
The Woods of Arcady, June 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
The Whispering Swarm, May 2023
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Citadel of Forgotten Myths, December 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
The White Wolf, November 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
Stormbringer, March 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
Elric of Melnibone, January 2022
Hardcover
Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress, December 2008
Paperback
Elric To Rescue Tanelorn, August 2008
Paperback
Elric The Stealer Of Souls, February 2008
Paperback
The White Wolf's Son, June 2005
Hardcover

ELRIC THE STEALER OF SOULS
By: John Picacio, Michael Moorcock

February 2008
On Sale: February 19, 2008
496 pages
ISBN: 0345498623
EAN: 9780345498625
Paperback
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“The stories here are the raw heart of Michael Moorcock. They are the spells that first drew me and all the numerous admirers of his work with whom I am acquainted into Moorcock’s luminous and captivating web.”–from the Foreword by Alan Moore, creator of V for Vendetta

When Michael Moorcock began chronicling the adventures of the albino sorcerer Elric, last king of decadent Melniboné, and his sentient vampiric sword, Stormbringer, he set out to create a new kind of fantasy adventure, one that broke with tradition and reflected a more up-to-date sophistication of theme and style. The result was a bold and unique hero–weak in body, subtle in mind, dependent on drugs for the vitality to sustain himself–with great crimes behind him and a greater destiny ahead: a rock-and-roll antihero who would channel all the violent excesses of the sixties into one enduring archetype.

Now, with a major film in development, here is the first volume of a dazzling collection of stories containing the seminal appearances of Elric and lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist John Picacio–plus essays, letters, maps, and other material.

Adventures include “The Dreaming City,” “While the Gods Laugh,” “Kings in Darkness,” “Dead God’s Homecoming,” “Black Sword’s Brothers,” and “Sad Giant’s Shield.” An indispensable addition to any fantasy collection, Elric: The Stealer of Souls is an unmatched introduction to a brilliant writer and his most famous–or infamous–creation.

“The most significant UK author of sword and sorcery, a form he has both borrowed from and transformed.”
–The Encyclopedia of Fantasy