For ten thousand years, the mythical empire of Melniboné ruled the entire known world. Elric, its 428th emperor, ascends the Ruby Throne as this era comes to an end. Degenerate and weakened, his race continues to hold untold secrets and dream of past glories. The young emperor himself seems to be a reflection of this race: weak, white-haired, sickly, living only thanks to his magical potions and rare herbs that keep him alive. Yet, unwittingly, he is destined by Fate to hold the destiny of the entire world in his hands. A philosopher and idealist, he will be forced to become a demonic killer, who will end up destroying everyone he loves along with everyone he hates. A tragic story of bitter love and sweet hatred, dreamlike worlds and nightmarish dimensions, angelic creatures and infernal demons, pain, blood, and passion. For the first time in Greece, complete and revised, the epic of one of the most famous heroes of the world of heroic fantasy, from the pen of one of the most renowned authors: Michael Moorcock.