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The Eternal Champion

The Eternal Champion
Michael Moorcock Original title Le Champion éternel (French, 1970)

The Eternal Champion is a fantasy novel by Michael Moorcock. First published in 1970, it is based on stories Moorcock published in Avillion and Science Fantasy. It is the first in a trilogy of books about the Eternal Champion in his incarnation as Erekosë. The sequels are Phoenix in Obsidian , also published as The Silver Warriors, and The Dragon in the Sword .


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“There must be countless forms of love. Which is the form which conquers the rest? I cannot define it. I shall not try.”

Source: The Eternal Champion (1970), Chapter 15 “The Returning” (p. 91)

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“It’s getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I’ve drowned and be celebrating.”

Source: The Eternal Champion (1970), Chapter 10 “First Sight of the Eldren” (p. 58)

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“The problems for which I could find no solution in fact had no solution.”

Source: The Eternal Champion (1970), Chapter 23 “In Loos Ptokai” (p. 137)

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