The Sword of the Dawn

The Sword of the Dawn
Cover of the first edition.
AuthorMichael Moorcock
Cover artistJack Faragasso[1]
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe History of the Runestaff
GenreFantasy
PublisherLancer Books
Publication date
1968
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages191
ISBN0-88677-173-0 (later paperback printing)
OCLC20077172
Preceded byThe Mad God's Amulet 
Followed byThe Runestaff 

The Sword of the Dawn is a fantasy novel by British author Michael Moorcock, first published in 1968.

The novel is the third in Moorcock's four book The History of the Runestaff series, and the narrative follows on immediately from the preceding novel The Mad God's Amulet.