Krispos Rising - Softcover

Turtledove, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099954109 ISBN 13: 9780099954101

Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc., 1991

Synopsis

Driven by crushing taxes from the farm where his family had lived and died, Krispos had come to Videssos with a single goldpiece to his name, little dreaming that it would carry him to the topmost heights of the Empire -- if it didn't get him killed first!

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About the Author

Harry Turtledove is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works The Man with the Iron Heart, The Guns of the South, and How Few Remain (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Hot War books (Bombs Away, Fallout, and Armistice); the War That Came Early novels: Hitler's War, West and East, The Big Switch, Coup d'Etat, Two Fronts, and Last Orders; the Worldwar saga: In the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, and Striking the Balance; the Colonization books: Second Contact, Down to Earth, and Aftershocks; the Great War epics: American Front, Walk in Hell, and Breakthroughs; the American Empire novels: Blood and Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, and Victorious Opposition; and the Settling Accounts series: Return Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, and In at the Death. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters--Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca--and two granddaughters, Cordelia Turtledove Katayanagi and Phoebe Quinn Turtledove Katayanagi.

Synopsis

Videssos is beset by enemies abroad and has fallen into decadence at home. Driven by crushing taxes from the family farm, Krispos comes to the brutal city seeking fortune. He has with him a gold piece, rumoured to carry magic, and must choose whether to keep it or trade it for a warm, dry bed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099954109
• ISBN 13: 9780099954101
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358