The War Hound and the World's Pain
Possibly one of Michael Moorcock’s* best novels, The War Hound and the World’s Pain
tells the story of the lone warrior Von Bek forced to make a pact with Satan to save both his own soul and that of his lover’s. All he has to do is find the Cure for the World’s Pain. No pressure at all, right?
Moorcock’s novel contains superb descriptions of both the landscape and the characters, including one of the more unique descriptions of the Prince of Darkness I’ve read. If you can track down this hard-to-find novel, you’ll find it a great read and quite epic in scale for being just over 200 pages.
* Insert Matt doing his best Beavis impression and repetition of “Moorcock.”
Related posts:
- Thrasher’s Book Club – October 2009 selection
- Thrasher’s Book Club – August 2009 selection
- Thrasher’s Book Club – September 2009 selection
- Thrasher’s Book Club – June 2009 selection
- Thrasher’s Book Club – July 2009 selection
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