num_pages: 157
description: This is a later printing of the 1977 first edition.Cover Artist: Michael WhelanElric returns to Yishana, and finds peace at last. Meanwhile, at the world's rim, dragging red horror in its wake, a horde unimaginable moves on the fabled, gentle, impossible city Tanelorn.
language: English
title: The Bane of the Black Sword
titlecomplete: The Bane of the Black Sword (Elric of Melniboné, #5)
characters: Theleb K'aarna, Zarozinia, Rackhir, Moonglum, Yishana of Jharkor, Elric of Melniboné
genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Fantasy, Novels, High Fantasy
ratings_count: 7523
series: The Elric Saga, Elric Chronological Order
publisher: DAW