Chronicles of the High Inquest: The Throne of Madness

Somtow’s far-flung galactic civilization is a creation to rivalSilverberg’s Majipoor or Herbert’s Dune. It is a universe with its own language and exotic customs,vividly etched characters and rich history that spansthousands of worlds and tens of thousands of years.The godlike Inquestors of the High Inquest had forsakenall htat made them human. But one young Inquestorrediscovered the power of compassion and hastenedthe end of their ancient, starflung empire....“In a prose that evokes the spirited imagination of the symbolist painters and poets, Somtow postulates acomplex universe of immense scope ... upholds theauthor’s place as one of SF’s formidable talents.”– Publishers Weekly