The Return of the Sword

Chronicles of Hawklan #5

by Roger Taylor

After the great war in which the peoples of all the free lands, even those of peaceful Orthlund, stood together against the evil of Dan-Tor and Sumeral's dark battalions, Sumeral is dead. His body is destroyed; his will scattered across worlds unknowable. Travellers radiate out from Anderras Darion and Cadwanen, seeking to know more of the lands beyond Fyorland and Orthlund. But soon they return with others, such as Antyr, the Dream Finder, and Thyrn, the Caddoran. Their different voices together yield a terrifying revelation - Sumeral is whole again, and struggling to return, and perhaps there is worse in store, even, than that...

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

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Roger Taylor was born in Heywood, Lancashire, and now lives in the Wirral. He is a chartered civil and structural engineer, a pistol, rifle and shotgun shooter, instructor/student in aikido, and an enthusiastic and loud but bone-jarringly inaccurate piano player.

He wrote four books between 1983 and 1986 and built up a handsome rejection file before the third was accepted by Headline to become the first two books of the Chronicles of Hawklan.

Reviews

[Massimiliano · Rating 4 out of 5]

After the nonsense of the last 100 pages of "Into Narsindal" my expectation on the series were quite low. I decided to skip the 7 standalone books that provide some setup for "The Return of the Sword" and go straight into it. It's actually a quite satisfying conclusion to the series, despite some tendency by the author to faff around in meaningless discussions and the rush the finale. Even so, this felt not as rushed as the conclusion of the 4th book, and it felt somehow nicely wrapped. I was somehow surprised by the very last two pages but won't spoil that!!

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

The final book in the Chronicles of Hawklan, this does very well at bringing all the seemingly disparate storylines together and wrapping it all up - with a bow. 🎀 Excellent work Mr Taylor. Very well done.