Past Imperative; Round One of the Great Game

Duncan, Dave

ISBN 10: 068814361X / ISBN 13: 9780688143619

Published by William Morrow and Company, New York, 1995

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444 pages.

Seller Inventory # 5584

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Past Imperative; Round One of the Great Game
• Publisher: William Morrow and Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 068814361X
• ISBN 13: 9780688143619
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

The great game begins with an oracular testament predicting that two people from very different worlds will come together and share a magic fate. By the author of A Handful of Men. 12,500 first printing.

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.