The Worm Ouroboros

About this book

The great houses of Demonland and Witchland are at war, and their rulers speak with the confidence of heroes who inhabit a world older and grander than ours.

E. R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros unfolds through battles, enchantment, intrigue and immense journeys, told in extravagant, archaic prose. Its characters are often magnificent and ruthless in equal measure. Eddison's deliberately elaborate language gives the rival houses an almost ceremonial sense of glory, loyalty and adventure.