Write-up from the back of the 1987 paperback edition ~ And so, the evil power spread its web over Estcarp and her allies. This was a matter of shape-changing within, not without, a distorting and twisting of the minds of men so that they become spiritless, soulless beings, to act and kill at the behest of Kolder.

Witch-power of Estcarp stood alone against alien sorcery of Kolder, treachery of Karsten and enmity of Alizon, as Simon Tregarth the outworlder and Jaelithe his witch-wife strove in the riding of armies and the storming of citadels for the security of Estcarp, last bastion of the Old Race in the struggle with demonic control wielded by the forces of Kolder.įor Kolder too had mastered the art of shape-changing, but not as the witches of Estcarp used it. Write-up from the back of the 1978 UK paperback edition ~ This new edition of Web of the Witch World includes special endleave maps of the Witch World by Barbi Johnson. The trail they followed demanded all their resources, for it led from the empty chambers of Loyse to a battle of wills before the entrance to the last stronghold of the Kolder and their monstrous machines, a struggle that set ancient learning against science and ensorcellment against psychology.Īndre Norton weaves the threads of fantasy into a tale that compels the reader's attention and holds him breathless through its dramatic conclusion at the brink of another dimension. Never in the long history of Estcarp, whose roots merged with the dimly remembered Old Ones and others perhaps best forgotten, had such a pair been known-a witch who was Wedded Wife and her spouse, an alien male who could wield the Power once known only among the Wise Women. She awakened Simon and together they answered the call, a cry for help from their old ally, Loyse of Verlaine. The summons clearly meant that she had kept her power it also warned that evil was upon the land. When she left the sisterhood of the Wise Women to marry Simon Tregarth, she believed that she had laid aside her power as a sorceress. IN THE GRAY LIGHT before dawn, Jaelithe felt a summons that thrilled and alarmed her.

Write-up from the front flap of the Gregg Press editions ~ Simon Tergarth, whos own Earthy prowess had won him a throne and a witch-wife in an alien world, knew that both triumphs were precarious as long as the super-science of Kolder held a foothold on that planet.Īnd his premonitions were right when those invaders from another dimension made their final diabolical strike for total conquest.Īndre Norton’s Web of the Witch World is a terrific novel of scientific marvel, otherworld color, and sword-and-sorcery action that will thrill and delight every reader. Write-up from the back of the ACE paperback editions ~ ~ 2nd Novel in the Witch World: Estcarp Series by Andre Norton

Witch World by Andre Norton