The chronicles of THE WINTER OF THE WORLD echo down the ages in half-remembered myth and song - tales of mysterious powers of the Mastersmiths, of the forging of great weapons, of the subterranean kingdoms of the duergar, of Gods who walked abroad, and of the powers that struggled endlessly for dominion. In the Northlands, beleaguered by the ever-encroaching Ice and the marauding Ekwesh, a young cowherd, Alv, saved from the raiders by the mysterious Mastersmith, discovers in himself and uncanny power to shape metal - but it is a power that may easily be turned to evil ends, and on a dreadful night Alv flees the Mastersmith, and embarks on the quest to find both his own destiny, and a weapon that will let him stand against the Power of the Ice.
- ISBN10 0708882102
- ISBN13 9780708882108
- Publish Date 19 February 1987 (first published 17 April 1986)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 December 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Orbit
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English