The Bane of the Black Sword (Elric Saga, Book 5)
Publisher: Ace
Published: August 15, 1987
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780441048854
First sentence: In a city called Bakshaan, which was rich enough to make all other cities of the North East seem poor, in a tall-towered tavern one night, Elric, Lord of the smoking ruins of Melnibone, smiled like a shark and dryly jested with four powerful merchant princes whom, in a day or so, he intended to pauperize.