Past Imperative
Dave Duncan
480 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0380781298
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Language: English
Publish: 820483200000
Epic FantasyFantasyFictionHigh FantasyHistorical FictionScience FictionScience Fiction FantasySpeculative Fiction
In a world on the brink of madness…In the summer of 1914, a young man beyond reproach awakens under police guard grievously injured and accused of heinous, impossible murder. And in a strange, distant place…The youngest member of a penniless acting troupe has been taken prisoner by the loyal minions of a corrupt, vengeful goddess. For an ancient prophecy has divided the realm’s ruling Deities into warring factions — a prophecy thatmentions the crippled captive child … and a youth recovering from inexplicable wounds in a British hospital bed.The Game weaves through worlds and dimensions as it has since time immemorial — a deadly contest of skill and manipulations thatruthlessly creates wizards, destroys human pawns…and trans transforms ordinary men, women and children into something more. The great game of gods is afoot.