Book 1 of Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
10 of 1989 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Civil War Epic Fantasy General Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel _isfdb hero discovers something in himself and saves the world magic
Publisher: DAW Books
Published: Nov 2, 1988
Description:
SUMMARY: In the peaceful land of Osten Ard, the good king is dying-and a long-dreaded evil is about to be unleashed. Only Simon, a lowly castle scullion apprenticed to a secret order dedicated to halting the coming darkness, can solve the dangerous riddle that offers salvation to the land.