Book I of The Dreamquest. In the 1930s, Count Ulrich von Bek is imprisoned for a black sword which is part of his family's history and for the Grail, which his cousin Gaynor believes to be in his keeping. Almost dead, he is rescued from Sachsenhausen concentration camp by an Englishman named Bastable and an albino girl, Oona. He journeys with them to a strange underground world and there meets a man known only to him in dreams, in which they are somehow the same person, yet separate: Elric of Melnibone. Their stories intertwine and their very beings become one: sometimes Elric is in control; sometimes Ulrich. And the never ending struggle between Law and Chaos must be fought out in both their universes. Cover art by Jim Burns.