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On a Pale Horse

71.4% complete
1983
1999
1 time
See 13
1 - To Buy a Stone
2 - House Calls
3 - Ewes and Does
4 - Magician
5 - Luna
6 - Death's Dominion
7 - Carnival of Ghosts
8 - Green Mother
9 - Bureaucracy
10 - Hot Smoke
11 - Satan's Case
12 - Paradox Ploy
13 - Though Satan Bar the Way
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Copyright © 1983 by Piers Anthony Jacob
No dedication.
"Death," the proprietor said clearly, showing the stone.
May contain spoilers
He liked the thought.
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Synopsis not on file
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Added: 01-Jun-2006
Last Updated: 27-Feb-2023

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 01-Aug-1984
Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Aug-1984
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$2.95
Pages*:
325
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   1 Jan 1999 - 1 Jan 1999
Internal ID:
618
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-345-30518-3
ISBN-13:
978-0-345-30518-3
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Michael Whelan  - Cover Artist
THE MAN WHO MURDERED DEATH

Shooting Death was a mistake, as Zane soon discovered.  For the man who killed the Incarnation of Death was immediately forced to assume the vacant position!  Thereafter, he must speed over the world, riding his pale horse, and ending the lives of others.

Zane was forced to accept this unwelcome task, despite the rules that seemed woefully unfair.  But then he found himself being drawn into an evil plot of Satan.  Already the Prince of Evil was forging a trap in which Zane must act to destroy Luna, the woman he loved.

He could only see one possible way to defeat the Father of Lies.  It was unthinkable - but he had no other solution!

IN THIS FIRST NOVEL OF THE INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY, PIERS ANTHONY COMBINES A GRIPPING STORY OF ROMANCE AND CONFLICTING LOYALTIES WITH A DEEPLY MOVING EXAMINATION OF THE MEANING OF LIFE AND DEATH.  THIS IS A NOVEL THAT WILL LONG LINGER IN THE READERS MIND.

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Notes and Comments:
First Hardcover Edition: October 1983
First Paperback Edition: August 1984

I bought this book many years before I read it at a used book store.  I got six of the seven and never got book six (For Love of Evil) until I rediscovered them in a box I had.

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Author(s)

Piers Anthony  
Birth: 06 Aug 1934 Oxford, England

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