FORGING THE DARKSWORD - Margaret Weis + Tracy Hickman Darksword bk1

This used fantasy novel is a solid reading copy, with a contacted cover, heavy edge wear and tanned pages.

Forging the Darksword
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

fantasy fiction
Bantam Books USA 3^rd print

In the enchanted realm of Merilon, magic is life.
Born without magical abilities and denied his birthright, Joram is left for dead. Yet he grows to manhood in a remote country village, hiding his lack of powers only through constant vigilance and ever more skilful sleight-of-hand.
Forced to kill a man in self-defence, Joram can keep his secret from the townspeople no longer; he has no magic, no life. Fleeing to the Outlands, Joram joins the outlawed Technologists, who practice the long forbidden arts of science. Here he meets the scholarly catalyst Saryon, who has been sent on a special mission to hunt down a mysterious "dead man" and instead finds himself in a battle of wits and power with a renegade warlock of the dark Duuk-tsarith caste.
Together, Joram and Saryon begin their quest toward a greater destiny--a destiny that begins with the discovery of the secret books that will enable them to overthrow the evil usurper Blachloch...and forge the powerful magic--absorbing Darksword.

This is book one in the Darksword trilogy.