<p>A novel of high fantasy and spellbinding imagination set on the (strangely earthlike) planet Mercury and peopled by Ghouls, Goblins, Imps, Demons, and Witches, <em>The Worm Ouroboros</em> tells the epic tale of the conflict between Witchland and Demonland, including an heroic quest to free Goldry Bluszco, banished by sorcery to a remote mountain peak for the killing of Witch-King Gorice XI. &nbsp;</p><p>Written in sweeping, heroic, saga-like prose and shot through with stirring poetry, Ouroboros greatly influenced the work of both J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, predating <em>Lord of the Rings</em> and <em>Chronicles of Narnia</em> by some 30 years.&nbsp; Tolkien was especially impressed by the book, declaring its author to be &ldquo;The greatest and most convincing writer of invented worlds that I have read.'</p><p>&nbsp;</p>