The Tritonian Ring
first stand alone edition of The Tritonian Ring
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| Author | L. Sprague de Camp |
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| Cover artist | Frank Frazetta |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Pusadian series |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Paperback Library |
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Publication date
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1968 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| Followed by | "The Eye of Tandyla" |
The Tritonian Ring is a fantasy novel written by L. Sprague de Camp as part of his Pusadian series. It was first published in the magazine Two Complete Science Adventure Books for Winter, 1951, and first appeared in book form in de Camp's collection The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales (Twayne, 1953). Its first publication as a stand-alone novel was as a paperback by Paperback Library in 1968; the first hardcover edition was from Owlswick Press in 1977. An E-book edition was published as The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian [sic] Tales by Gollancz's SF Gateway imprint on September 29, 2011 as part of a general release of de Camp's works in electronic form.
It has also been translated into Italian,Dutch,German and Russian, and was listed in Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn's Fantasy: The 100 Best Books.
When the gods resolve to destroy Lorsk, principal kingdom of the sinking continent of Pusad, because Prince Vakar, heir to its throne, is thought to be a threat to them, the king sends the prince on a quest to save the realm from destruction. Vakar is tasked with traveling the known world in search of what the gods most fear, accompanied only by his servant, Fual. He finds himself hampered by ignorance of just what that might be and continual attempts to murder him by parties unknown; meanwhile, his treasonous brother Kuros is plotting with the pirates of the Gorgon Isles, Lorsk's enemies, to overthrow their father. On his quest Vakar encounters Amazons, a seductive queen who is under a spell, an amorous centauress, sorcerers who command legions of headless warriors, and the dangerous Gorgonians themselves, masters of the medusas with their paralyzing glares.
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