The King of Dreams - Hardcover

Silverberg, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061051713 ISBN 13: 9780061051715

Publisher: Eos, 2001

Synopsis

Coronal Lord Prestimion has finally restored peace to Majipoor after years of unrest, but as he prepares for his ascension to the role of Pontifex, the scheming Mandralisca unleashes a plague of madness on Majipoor's citizens.

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TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

At last Prestimion prepares to take his place in the subterranean Labyrinth where the Pontifex must dwell. He has named Prince Dekkeret to succeed him as Coronal. Once a commoner, Dekkeret brings new blood to the aristocratic Starburst Throne, and a popular wisdom. Another prosperous joint reign should begin.

But the diabolical Mandralisca is the 'éminence grise' behind a declaration of independence from distant Zimroel. Coolly proclaiming the five debauched nephews of the treacherous Dantirya Sambail to be the Five Lords of Zimroel, Mandralisca is preparing to destroy the unity and peace of Majipoor.

The soothsayer Su-Suheris predicts that a new power is loose in the world, a power equal to any other, but Dekkeret has no faith in omens. Only when Mandralisca avails himself of a sinister device that destroys the mind of Dekkeret's own High Counsellor does the new Coronal begin to see a threat. By then THE KING OF DREAMS is loose in the world. Lord of a far greater kingdom than Zimroel, Mandralisca is his name...

"Craft and artistry, a great story teller... In terms of excellence, Silverberg has few peer, if any"
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About this edition

• Publisher: Eos
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0061051713
• ISBN 13: 9780061051715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 451