The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison (Jonathan Cape, 1922; 448 pages) is a landmark work of high fantasy, written in a deliberately archaic, seventeenth?century English style. The novel depicts the epic war between King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland, set in an imaginary medieval world infused with Norse saga influences. Combining sorcery, quests, and heroic battles, Eddison crafts a sweeping narrative that has been compared to Homeric epics and Arthurian legend.