Sojan the Swordsman (book)

An expanded version of the Sojan stories previously collected in Sojan and Elric at the End of Time. The 2010 edition published with Joe R Lansdale's Under the Warrior Star. The 2013 ebook was published as part of The Michael Moorcock Collection from Gollancz/SF Gateway. The Story Dek of Noothar - The Strange Ones (Previously called: The Sword of Life Part II - The Strange Ones) is collected for the first time in the ebook from Gollancz/SF Gateway.

Publishing History

• Trade Paperback, Paizo Publishing, LLC., 260pp., ISBN: 978-1-601252-88-3, November 24, 2010
• ebook, SF Gateway, ISBN: 978-0-575-07890-1, 11 April 2013

Contents: Sojan the Swordsman (Trade Paperback, Paizo Publishing)

• Author's Note (New to this edition)
• Introduction (New to this edition)
• Chapter One: Sojan the Swordsman (Expanded in this edition)
• Chapter Two: The War King (Expanded in this edition)
• Chapter Three: The Air Pirates (Expanded in this edition)
• Chapter Four: A Grim Welcome
• Chapter Five: Sentenced to Die
• Chapter Six: The Prison Tower (Expanded in this edition)
• Chapter Seven: The Sky Chase (Expanded in this edition)
• Chapter Eight: Mission to Asno
• Chapter Nine: Revolt in Hatnor
• Chapter Ten: The Hordes Attack
• Chapter Eleven: A Warrior's Justice
• Chapter Twelve: The Purple Galley
• Chapter Thirteen: The Sea Wolves
• Chapter Fourteen: Sojan at Sea!
• Chapter Fifteen: The Sea of Demons
• Chapter Sixteen: Prisoners of Stone
• Chapter Seventeen: The Unlucky Ones
• Chapter Eighteen: The Plain of Mystery
• Chapter Nineteen: Ship of the Ancients
• Chapter Twenty: Sons of the Snake God
• Chapter Twenty-One: The Castle of Kandoon
• Chapter Twenty-Two: The Devil Hunters of Norj
• Chapter Twenty-Three: Hounds of the Cerjii (Expanded in this edition)
• [Afterword by Michael Moorcock] (New to this edition)

Contents: Sojan the Swordsman (ebook, SF Gateway)

• Introduction to the Michael Moorcock Collection by John Clute
• Introduction to the Michael Moorcock Collection by Michael Moorcock
• Author's Note (Taken from Paizo edition)
• Introduction (Taken from Paizo edition)
• Chapter One: Sojan the Swordsman (Expanded in this edition)
• Chapter Two: The War King (Expanded in this edition)
• Chapter Three: The Air Pirates (Expanded in this edition)
• Chapter Four: A Grim Welcome
• Chapter Five: Sentenced to Die
• Chapter Six: The Prison Tower (Expanded in this edition)
• Chapter Seven: The Sky Chase (Expanded in this edition)
• Chapter Eight: Mission to Asno
• Chapter Nine: Revolt in Hatnor
• Chapter Ten: The Hordes Attack
• Chapter Eleven: A Warrior's Justice
• Chapter Twelve: The Purple Galley
• Chapter Thirteen: The Sea Wolves
• Chapter Fourteen: Sojan at Sea!
• Chapter Fifteen: The Sea of Demons
• Chapter Sixteen: Prisoners of Stone
• Chapter Seventeen: The Unlucky Ones
• Chapter Eighteen: The Plain of Mystery
• Chapter Nineteen: Ship of the Ancients
• Chapter Twenty: Sons of the Snake God
• Chapter Twenty-One: The Castle of Kandoon
• Chapter Twenty-Two: The Devil Hunters of Norj
• Chapter Twenty-Three: Hounds of the Cerjii (Expanded in this edition)
• [Notes by Michael Moorcock] (New to this edition)
• Klan the Spoiler
• Dek of Noothar - The Sword of Life
• Dek of Noothar - The Strange Ones (Previously called: The Sword of Life Part II - The Strange Ones)
• Dek of Noothar - The Siege of Noothar
• Rens Karto of Bersnol

Previous appearances

• Chapters 1-7 as 'Sojan the Swordsman' (Savoy, 1977); as 'Daughter of a Warrior King' (New English Library, 1984)
• Chapters 9-11 as 'Sojan, Swordsman of Zylor!' (Savoy)
• Chapters 12-17 as 'Sojan and the Sea of Demons' (Savoy)
• Chapters 18-19 as 'Sojan and the Plain of Mystery' (Savoy)
• Chapters 20-21 as 'Sojan and the Sons of the Snake God' (Savoy)
• Chapters 20-21 as 'Sojan and the Devil Hunters of Norj' (Savoy)

See also:

• Sojan, Savoy Books, 1977
• Elric at the End of Time, New English Library, 1984