The Darkling

The Darkling

Infobox Book
name = The Darkling
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Raymond Bayless for "The Darkling"
author = David Kesterton
illustrator = frontispiece map by Jason Van Hollander
cover_artist = Raymond Bayless
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1982
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 259 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-87054-090-4
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"The Darkling" is a Fantasy novel by author David Kesterton. It was published by Arkham House in in 1982 in an edition of 3,126 copies. It was the author's first book.

Plot summary

Set in the distant future, a young tribesman, Maradek searches for his father, Afurad. In the course of this search, he helps to foil the forces that threaten the world's destruction.

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=129-130| date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=54 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T.| authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=150 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=128 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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