The Blue Sword
Author: Robin McKinley
 
DAMAR, A land of mountain and plain, of fertile valleys and great forests, of streams as clear and sparkling as the air its people breathe. A frontier land, squeezed between the Homelanders' stuffy empire and the demon-ridden kingdoms of the North. A land of mystery and legend, of Hillfolk with strange powers they can barely control, to whom honour is a living thing, and courage an essential of humanity.
The Blue Sword is the first in a series of fantasies set in that enchanted land. It tells of Harry (Angharad) Crewe, and how she came by mysterious ways to Damar and its king. There she came under the protection of the flame-haired Aerin, fabled queen of long ago, and learned to wield Aerin's Gonduran, the Blue Sword, Dragon-killer, against the legions of the North. And so became herself a legend, to Damar's weal, and demons' woe.
 
FUTURA PUBLICATIONS 1985
ISBN: 9780708881552