The Tritonian Ring (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: L. Sprague de Camp
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—high fantasy
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Various locations in a hyperborean world
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Other worlds, Gods or goddesses, Quest, Rings, Princes or princesses, Talisman or magical object, Swords
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
In L. Sprague de Camp’s The Tritonian Ring, Vakar Zhu, a young prince, grows to manhood while trying to avert the machinations of the evil gods of the west, who have precipitated a war between Lorsk and the pirate kingdom of the Gorgon Isles. Vakar, heir to the throne of Lorsk, is sent on a mysterious quest to seek “that which the gods fear most.”
Beginning his quest, Vakar searches for the first of many clues. He has no idea where to find what the gods fear most; indeed, he has no idea what it is the gods fear. As he wanders with Fual, a personal...
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