The last in a trilogy of the Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock, in which the Eternal Champion seeks to win one last conflict with Chaos, and thus earn a respite from his endless struggles . . .

This is part of the core of the Eternal Champion cycle. The champion here knows who he is, so this book deals with a lot of what's going on in the background, while still telling a good story. It was written in 1987, but still holds up today as an exciting story. There are a lot of thought provoking ideas about the nature of reality.

This was the first book by Michael Moorcock that I read. The plot was very trippy. I liked the multiverse travel and the description of Law and Chaos. I liked how in the realms of Chaos everything was always changing while Law was always static. I would like to read some of his Elric books.

THIS IS NOT A REVIEW! I am blurting my thoughts here so I can come back to them in the future!
HEAVY SPOILERS!!

I just finished reading section 1 (book 1) of dragon in the sword. The pay off is pretty good the foreshadowing from the previous book (pheonix in the obsidian) though obvious was satisfying however the first 3 chapters are very boring.

Seems like every book follows a similar formula eternal champion thrown into situation he's unfamiliar with... some sort of companion/friend is made... said friend fills in the blanks... reaches first destination... usually this location isn't the goal... goes to secondary location... finds out his purpose... completes goal while having some internal strife. Cool ideas, locations, and world building inbetween Base structure is the same and it's used to display different settings and conflicts <- this could be wrong for all i know since im not done book 3 but im pretty sure im right

The Dragon in the Sword has a wonderful character named Morandi Pag. I enjoyed reading that characters dialogue. There was a paragraph prior to meeting that character that i just don't get. It feels like Moorcock was rushing through it so we could reach Morandi. Kinda weird. Pacing just feels so off in that paragraph. Morandi Pag and his senile-ness is funny.

Finished the John Daker Vol 2 Millennium Eternal Champion book. I got some thoughts/questions I wanna ask/talk about and your detailed and thorough replies came to mind.

In book 3 chapter 4 of dragon in the sword Sepiriz alludes that the warriors at the edge of time are most likely the previous incarnations of the eternal champion. I'm assuming they're empty husks cause they seems they only have one purpose. To battle and die. At the end of Flamadin's battle with Balarizaaf only 14 remain. Are these the 14 we read about in all the books? I came to this conclusion because I think there's like 14 millennium omnibuses and I'm assuming each one contains stories about a specific champion. If that's the case then is John Dakers story technically the ending? Cause technically due to his multiverse shattering actions only 14 remain and Sepiriz and Jermays both say that he accomplished something that permanently affected all multiverses.

Jermey's mentions that in a multiverse cycle we'll see hints of the fate of Melnibone which I'm assuming is related to Elric the most popular eternal champion. So even though Elric's events technically occur after John Daker's, John Daker's actions have finished the line of eternal champions by banishing balarizaaf? Or is this temporary and his stay on Earth (Tanelorn?) is temporary and inevitably he'll be called upon again. He's simply getting this brief respite because of what he accomplished. Those inevitable calls being champions we never hear about because they're stories that occur after the 14 that are left over.

The death ship thingy peeps mention 2 swords being forged out of the broken dragon sword. I'm assuming these are mentioned in Elric's saga because I heard there's mention of him picking 1 of the 2 for his nefarious deeds. I think John Daker's saga also mentions Melnibone and others choosing from 2 swords.

This comment has a good amount of my thoughts lmao. https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1cldb81/questions_about_eternal_champion/

In book 3 ch 4 Sepiriz alludes that the warriors at the edge of time are most likely the previous incarnations of the eternal champion. I'm assuming they're empty husks cause they seems they only have one purpose. To battle and die. At the end of Flamadin's battle with Balarizaaf only 14 remain. I assume these the 14 are the ones we read about in all the books. 14 millennium omnibuses = the 14 champions left

This is a satisfyingly bittersweet conclusion to John Daker's story. The final battle is particularly engaging. Not to the level of Stormbringer, but still one of the better conclusions I've read in the Eternal Champion stories. Crossover elements with other Eternal Champion stories abound, especially Von Bek and Elric. A smaller element I particularly enjoyed was Daker's response to Balarizaaf when offered a reward to serve Chaos.

The final John Daker novel sees Moorcock getting truly heavy-handed and outright simplistic with his handling of the subject matter, which is a shame given the standard set by the first book. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/behold-the-eternal-man/