This is the first chapter, "The Induction" of E.R. Eddison's novel "The Worm Ouroboros". Subsequent chapter will be coming later! "The Worm Ouroboros" is a heroic fantasy novel written by Eric Rucker Eddison. First published in 1922, this saga blends Medieval and Norse influences to narrate a great war between King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland in an imaginary world of Mercury.