I just finished reading Stormbringer (1977) by Michael Moorcock, the sixth and concluding novel of the Elric Saga.

This novel early on develops an epic tone and does not disappoint. In addition to Elric and his runesword Stormbringer, the reader is treated to some of Elric’s best companions—his fast and closest friend Moonglum, his cousin and bearer of Stormbringer’s sister-sword, Mournblade, Dyvim Slorm, and Rackhir the Red Archer of Tanelorn.

This book truly feels like a culmination of all that has gone before. The prose reads like myth. The story seems to flow without effort or encumbrance. And the conclusion is awesome and fitting.

Then Elric and his companions were off, riding towards the massed hordes of Chaos—three men against the unleashed forces of darkness.