The Runestaff

The Runestaff
Cover of the first edition, published as The Secret of the Runestaff.
AuthorMichael Moorcock
Original titleThe Secret of the Runestaff
Cover artistJack Faragasso[1]
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe History of the Runestaff
GenreFantasy
PublisherLancer Books
Publication date
1969
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages192
ISBN0-583-11499-7 (reprint)
OCLC219817892
Preceded byThe Sword of the Dawn 
Followed byCount Brass 

The Runestaff is a novel by British author Michael Moorcock, first published in 1969 under the title The Secret of the Runestaff.

The novel is the fourth in Moorcock's four book The History of the Runestaff series, and the narrative follows on immediately from the preceding novel The Sword of the Dawn.