KANE - The Mystic Swordsman ranges Earth and Time to confront the demons of darkness Where once the mighty Kane has passed, no one who lives forgets. Now, down the trail of past battles, Kane travels again. To the ruins of a devastated city peopled only with half-men and the waif they call their queen. To the half-burnt tavern where a woman Kane wronged long ago holds his child in keeping for the Devil. To the cave kingdom of the giants where glory and its aftermath await discovery. To the house of death itself where Kane retrieves a woman in love. The past, the future, the present - all these are one for Kane as he travels through the centuries. Cover illustration: Chris Achilleos

Kane, a swordsman for hire, discovers the Bloodstone, a source of power left behind by extraterrestrials who had ruled the earth

Boxed deluxe edition limited to 425 copies signed by the author and illustrator. • Reflections for the Winter of My Soul (1973) • Misericorde (1983) • The Other One (1977) • Sing a Last Song of Valdese (1976) • Raven's Eyrie (1977)

KANE The Mystic Swordsman battles the prophet of an ancient cult of evil that began before the birth of Man. Out of the blackness of an almost forgotten past, the cruel cult of Sataki has come to life again. A daring outlaw, Orted, is its prophet. He draws thousands of converts to his Dark Crusade - TO DESTROY MANKIND. Orted's bloody cohorts conquer Shapeki, but when they drive to vanquish the southern kingdoms they know they must have Kane. Kane is the one man who can command the conquest. But Kane's battle will be against all the diabolic forces of Orted's primeval sorcery...

Once Efrel was the beautiful consort of a king. Now she is a hideous creature who lives only for revenge. She has allies to aid her, but only Kane, the Mystic Swordsman, can rally her forces for battle. Only he can deliver the vengeance she has devised in her knowledge of black magic.