Title
attributed to Andre Norton
& # 1 in the Witch World ~
Gryphon series
& # 2 in the Witch World
~ High Hallack series
Bibliography ~
¯ (1972) * Published by Atheneum, HC, LCCN 70190559, $5.50, 243pg ~ cover by Jack Gaughan {Orange Cloth Boards, Green End Papers}
¯ (1972) * Published by MacMillan, HC, $5.50, 243pg ~ Canadian printing ~ cover by Jack Gaughan
¯ (1973) * Published by
Gollancz, HC, 0-575-01616-7, £1.50, 240pg ~ UK
printing ~
cover by David Smee {Red Paper Boards}
¯ (1973) * Published by
DAW, PB, 0-879-97076-6, UQ1076, $0.95, 192pg
~ cover by
Jack Gaughan
¯ (1976) * Published by
Peacock, PB, 0-140-47083-2, £0.75, 248pg ~ UK
printing ~
cover by David Smee
¯ (1985) * Published by
TOR, PB, 0-812-54738-1, $2.95, 255pg ~ cover
by
Boris Vallejo
¯ (1987) * Published by
Puffin, PB, 0-140-32109-8, £2.50, 248pg ~ UK
printing ~
cover by
Peter Andrew Jones
Non English
Editions
~
¯ (1981) Published in Rastatt, Germany; by Pabel, Terra Fantasy 92, 256pg ~ translation by Susi-Maria Rödiger ~ Cover art by Ken Barr ~ German title Der Kristallene Greif
¯ (1991) Published in Warsaw, Poland; by Amber, 83-850-7990-4, 237pg ~ translated by Elżbieta Krajewska ~ cover by Boris Vallejo ~ Polish title Kryształowy Gryf
Synopsis ~
Kerovan's mother was about to give birth to him,
she was forced to take shelter in a ruin of the mysterious Old Ones. She was
rumored to be of the Old Race herself, and Kerovan was born with hooves instead
of normal, human feet. His eyes were the color of butter amber. Kerovan and
Joisan grow up separately having never met although they are married, and then
their world is torn asunder by a strange invasion from the sea (see the
original Witch World cycle for more detail about these invaders and their
crawling, flame-shooting machines). In the Year of the Moss Wife, when Joisan
should have gone to Ulmsdale to take up her wifely duties, she instead learns
how to wear mail and wield a light sword. She wears a tiny gryphon in a crystal
globe under her mail--a gift from her unknown fiancé. Meanwhile Kerovan has
problems of his own. The keep at Ulmsdale is betrayed to the invaders and he
must make his way across the war-torn Dales to Joisan, whose own home has been
destroyed, but when he finally finds her, she mistakes him for one of the
mysterious Old Ones because of his physical peculiarities. This begins the
Heritage of the Gryphon trilogy. Here we meet Lord Kerovan of Ulmsdale, a man
with hooves for feet and Lady Joisan, a lady of the Dales. Kerovan and Joisan
are ax-wed. In the Year of the Spitting Toad, Kerovan was to come to claim his
bride. Yet the Hounds of Alizon attacked High Hallack so Kerovan rode with men
of his Dale to join the Dale armies to represent Ulmsdale. Before he goes, he
sends Joisan a beautiful crystal gryphon, a thing of Power. Then his father
dies and his "mother", who serves Dark Powers, seeks to secure
Ulmsdale for her daughter and her betrothed but eventually his "kin"
seeks the gryphon's Power. Can Kerovan stop them and save Joisan?
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