The Queen of the Swords [Dramatized Adaptation]

Corum, Book 2

By: Michael Moorcock

Narrated by: full cast, Nanette Savard, Chris Genebach, Bradley Smith, Tracy Olivera, James Konicek, Lawrence Redmond, Thomas Keegan, Evan Casey, Matthew Keenan, Bob Payne, Colleen Delany

Prince Corum has defeated the Chaos Lord Arioch. But any peace for him and his faithful Rhalina is brief. His actions have evoked the murderous anger of Arioch’s sister, the dreaded Xiombarg.

The Prince in the Scarlet Robe must continue his odyssey, face the terror of the Mabden armies, and challenge the might of the Queen of the Swords. Faced with immense powers of evil on all sides, only the legendary City of the Pyramid offers a glimmer of hope. But Corum must get there first, and along the way he will encounter horrifying creatures, strange forms of sorcery, and new planes of existence.

Performed by Nanette Savard, Chris Genebach, Bradley Smith, Tracy Olivera, James Konicek, Lawrence Redmond, Thomas Keegan, Evan Casey, Matthew Keenan, Bob Payne, Colleen Delany, Todd Scofield, Terence Aselford, Patrick Bussink, Dylan Lynch, Gregory Linington, Scott McCormick, Richard Rohan.

©1971 Michael and Linda Moorcock (P)2016 Graphic Audio, LLC

Amazing acting and narration!

Brings Moorcock’s series to life! Awesome!!! The Corum series beautifully introduced and dramatized to maximum effect!

biggest fun ever!

the plot is super dynamic. it is the Chaos goddess that's being naughty now, and the Eternal Champion is a match! bizarrely, the old baddie Prince Gaynor is on Chaos side now.

Working his way up the chain

Michael Moorcock’s The Queen of the Swords is the second installment in his Corum series. Corum now proceed to the second set of five planes overseen by a queen. This requires lots of traveling with places to go and people to meet. Corum picks up a sidekick who is a ‘professional’ attendant to champions. He brings with him a cat that can fly and he always wears a hat. Corum also continues to accu-mulate enemies that he cannot seem to get rid of permanently.

Moorcock maintains his style, but manages to come up with creative geographies, interesting allies of Chaos, and complicated, but clever solutions to saving the day (or at least five planes worth).

The narration is of a dramatized type with lots of background sounds (horses clomping, music, and lots of grunting), as well as a clear theatrical style sometimes bordering on histrionic.

Good with some flaws

I read the book shortly after it was published in 1970’s and was looking forward to dramatized version. Quite good but two flaws IMHO : Rhalina speaks with a haughty tone like the lady of the manor; the groans and screams in the action scenes suffer from over-acting.