Echoing down the ages, like half-forgotten myths, come tales of mysterious powers and the forging of great weapons, of subterranean kingdoms and Gods who walked the earth; tales of the powers that struggled endlessly for dominion. And the tale of a young cowherd, saved from raiders by the mysterious Mastersmith, who discovers in himself an uncanny power to shape metal. So is set in motion a quest to find both his own destiny, and a weapon that will let him stand against the Power of the Ice. This omnibus contains the first three books is Michael Scott Rohan's acclaimed The Winter of the World series: THE ANVIL OF ICE, THE FORGE IN THE FOREST and THE HAMMER OF THE SUN.