book about enchanted sword
November 17, 2006 10:26 AM   Subscribe

I'm trying to remember the title of a book I read about 15 years ago. I think it was called "the sword" It was about an enchanted sword gone bad; enchanted to never leave it's master or something like that.
posted by batboy to Writing & Language (7 answers total)
 
Do you remember anything else about it? In what way did it go bad?
posted by KirTakat at 10:39 AM on November 17, 2006


One of the scimitars that Drizzt Do'Urden inherits along his journeys behaves like this. I can't remember the specific book (it's been a long time, and those books all seem to run together... main plot line is Drizzt kicks ass all over the world).

Actually, on further review, it's the sword of his arch-nemesis, Artemis Entreri.
posted by i_am_a_Jedi at 10:56 AM on November 17, 2006


Could this be Michael Moorcock's Elric series? I think the sword was named Stormbringer.
posted by spicynuts at 10:57 AM on November 17, 2006


Darksword?
posted by arimathea at 10:57 AM on November 17, 2006


The other series, besides Elric, that springs to mind are Fred Saberhagen's Book of Swords (?) series, except that as far as I dimly recall, those things were constantly leaving their "masters."
posted by furiousthought at 11:03 AM on November 17, 2006


Best answer: How bout The Misenchanted Sword by Lawrence Watt-Evens? amazon link

The story of a scout named Valder behind enemy lines that gets his sword enchanted by a crazy hermit. The sword does indeed become a killing machine, but it has the minor problem that when drawn, it must taste blood before it can be sheathed again. Once he returns to his own side, he becomes what is effectively an a special ops assassin for this side.

Great book. One of my favorites. It was originally released in the late 80's but Amazon only seems to have the recent reprint. Abe Books has plenty of the original release it seems.
posted by fief at 11:05 AM on November 17, 2006


Response by poster:
How bout The Misenchanted Sword by Lawrence Watt-Evens?

That's it! Thanks all.
posted by batboy at 11:16 AM on November 17, 2006


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