Forging the Darksword
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Forging the Darksword (1987) is an epic fantasy novel. Readers will find themes of swords and magic.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 15 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions across 4 languages.
It runs to roughly 400 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Forging the Darksword
Born without magical abilities in a magic world, Joram flees to the Outlands after being exiled from his village, and joins the scholar Saryon, practitioner of the outlawed arts of science and creator of the Darksword
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Who wrote Forging the Darksword?
Forging the Darksword was written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and first published in 1987.
What genre is Forging the Darksword?
It is usually shelved as Epic Fantasy.
How long is Forging the Darksword?
The median edition has 400 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Forging the Darksword?
Readers who like it often enjoy Wizard's First Rule, Pawn of Prophecy and The Sword of Shannara.
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