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jack-vance

Ballentine

Lyonesse (Lyonesse Series)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

GRAFTON

The minstrel Gastel Etzwane lives in Shant -- a country of cantons, each independently dictating its own law and customs. The enforcement of law is simple, quick, and inevitable: death by decapitation, from an explosive torc clamped around each citizen's neck by authority of a single man -- the Anome. For millennia Anomes have ruled Shant, dealing death as they see fit -- and none dares defy them, until Gastel Etzwane risks his head to expose the Anome’s identity -- and end the tyranny of these faceless men forever. – Jack King On the fringes of the Gaean Reach, the cantons of Shant on the planet Durdane are ruled by the reclusive Anome -- who coerces the population using explosive rings around the neck of every adult citizen. The Durdane trilogy (The Anome, The Brave Free Men, and The Asutra) follows the life of Gastel Etzwane, who grows from childhood in the dust of Rhododendron Way to become a musician of renown, and almost against his will, a man of action. When remote cantons are brutalized by the depredations of inhuman Roguskhoi, Etzwane goes before the Anome with a case for response. The Anome proves oddly reluctant to act, and Etzwane must stage a coup to turn Shant against the hordes. Eventually he discovers the sinister fact that the Roguskhoi tribes are pawns of the Asutra, alien elements who seek to bend all of humanity to a disturbing end. The Durdane trilogy traces the rise, struggles and ultimate triumph of Gastel Etzwane—and through him, of humanity itself—over alien subjugation. – Joel Hedlund The Anome, originally published as The Faceless Man, is Book I of the Durdane trilogy, and Volume 43 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collection is based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoy up-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributed by a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of the author's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These unique features will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work for the first time. – John Vance II

The Anome (Coronet Books)

Science Fiction

Coronet

Durdane Book 2: Brave Free Men

Coronet 1979 edition paperback, vg++ to fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

The Asutra (Coronet Books)

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

The Gray Prince

Showboat World

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

The Star King

Coronet Books

Wyst: Alastor 1716

The Connatic rules the three thousand inhabited planets of the Alastor Cluster from his palace Lusz on the world Numenes.  Though his military force can bring considerable might to bear where necessary, the Connatic often wanders among his subjects incognito,  intervening to right a wrong, or leaving well enough alone.  For a century, the people of Arrabus on the planet Wyst have lived by the Egalistic Manifold, in a society which minimizes  toil but guarantees adequate food and shelter to all. Jantiff Ravensroke performs the required thirteen hours of ‘drudge’ per week,  experiencing the frivolity that otherwise characterizes Arrabin existence—but discovers a conspiracy to control the wealth of Arrabus,  and threaten the life of the Connatic himself.  With unerring insight into human nature, world-builder Jack Vance tells a story of treachery and intrigue, in one of his most controversial works.  Wyst is Book II in the Alastor sequence, and Volume 48 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collection is based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoy up-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributed by a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of the author's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These unique features will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work for the first time. – John Vance II

Coronet, 1981. British paperback. This 1979 novel is the 4th book in the 5-volume "Demon Princes" series.

The Face (Demon Princes, No. 4)

Coronet Books (U.K.)

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