Past Imperative: Round One of the Great Game - Softcover

Duncan, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380781298 ISBN 13: 9780380781294

Publisher: Avon Books, 1996

Synopsis

In a world on the brink of madness... In the summer of 1914, a young man beyond reproach awakens under police guardgrievously 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.

About this title

About the Author

Dave Duncan, born in Scotland in 1933, is a Canadian citizen. He received his diploma from Dundee High School and got his college education at the University of Saint Andrews. He moved to Canada in 1955, where he still lives with his wife. He has three grown children and four grandchildren. He spent thirty years as a petroleum geologist. He has had dozens of fantasy and science fiction novels published, among them A Rose-Red City, Magic Casement, and The Reaver Road, as well as a highly praised historical novel, Daughter of Troy, published, for commercial reasons, under the pseudonym Sarah B. Franklin. He also published the Longdirk series of novels, Demon Sword, Demon Knight, and Demon Rider, under the name Ken Hood.

In the fall of 2007, Duncan’s 2006 novel, Children of Chaos, published by Tor Books, was nominated for both the Prix Aurora Award and the Endeavour Award. In May 2013, Duncan, a 1989 founding member of SFCanada, was honored by election as a lifetime member by his fellow writers, editors, and academics. His website is www.daveduncan.com. 

Synopsis

Waking up one morning, grievously injured and accused of a heinous murder, a young man finds his fate linked to the youngest member of a penniless acting troupe who has been taken prisoner by a vengeful goddess. Reprint. K. BAKER & TAYLORBOOKS ANNOTATION RECORD.

Edition details

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0380781298
• ISBN 13: 9780380781294
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English