The story was first published in the magazine Fantastic Stories of Imagination as a two-part serial in the issues for August and September 1964, the first of which featured the story in its cover illustration. It was first published in book form as a paperback by Pocket Books in February 1978, with When the Idols Walked as the title page title and Brak: When the Idols Walked as the cover title. The latter was also adopted for the second edition, also in paperback, issued by Tower Books in 1981. The novel was later gathered together with Witch of the Four Winds and two stories from The Fortunes of Brak into the omnibus collection Witch of the Four Winds / When the Idols Walked, published as an ebook by Open Road Integrated Media in July 2012. The book has been translated into German.[1]
Plot
Continuing his quest to reach the glorious southern realm of Khurdisan the Golden, Brak, a blond, braided, and broadsword-wielding barbarian from the frozen north, reaches the sea, where he hopes to find a ship to bring him to his goal. However, his party is attacked by raiders who capture him and consign him to servitude as a galley slave. And he soon learns that the sea contains far worse horrors as well, most notably an idol animated by the spirit of a witch seeking vengeance against her betrayers.
when, idols, walked, fantasy, novel, american, writer, john, jakes, featuring, sword, sorcery, hero, brak, barbarian, first, editionauthorjohn, jakescover, artistcharles, mollcountryunited, stateslanguageenglishseriesbrak, seriesgenrefantasypublished1978, pock. When the Idols Walked is a fantasy novel by American writer John Jakes featuring his sword and sorcery hero Brak the Barbarian When the Idols WalkedFirst editionAuthorJohn JakesCover artistCharles MollCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishSeriesBrak seriesGenreFantasyPublished1978 Pocket Books Media typePrint Paperback Pages158ISBN0 671 81373 0Preceded byThe Mark of the Demons Followed byThe Fortunes of Brak Publication history EditThe story was first published in the magazine Fantastic Stories of Imagination as a two part serial in the issues for August and September 1964 the first of which featured the story in its cover illustration It was first published in book form as a paperback by Pocket Books in February 1978 with When the Idols Walked as the title page title and Brak When the Idols Walked as the cover title The latter was also adopted for the second edition also in paperback issued by Tower Books in 1981 The novel was later gathered together with Witch of the Four Winds and two stories from The Fortunes of Brak into the omnibus collection Witch of the Four Winds When the Idols Walked published as an ebook by Open Road Integrated Media in July 2012 The book has been translated into German 1 Plot EditContinuing his quest to reach the glorious southern realm of Khurdisan the Golden Brak a blond braided and broadsword wielding barbarian from the frozen north reaches the sea where he hopes to find a ship to bring him to his goal However his party is attacked by raiders who capture him and consign him to servitude as a galley slave And he soon learns that the sea contains far worse horrors as well most notably an idol animated by the spirit of a witch seeking vengeance against her betrayers Notes Edit When the Idols Walked title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database This article about a 1970s fantasy novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title When the Idols Walked amp oldid 1132120444, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
