Bearing an Hourglass

Book Details

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Author(s):

Piers Anthony

First Pub:

1984

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

1999

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 13

1 - Ghost Marriage

2 - Verification

3 - Thanatos

4 - Chronos

5 - Lachesis

6 - Satan

7 - Bem

8 - Clotho

9 - Alicorn

10 - Gaea

11 - Drawkcab

12 - Quest

13 - Mars

Internal ID:

731

Series:

<- On a Pale Horse - With a Tangled Skein ->

Incarnations of Immortality*

#2 of 8

Incarnations of Immortality*

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1) On a Pale Horse
2) Bearing an Hourglass
3) With a Tangled Skein
4) Wielding a Red Sword
5) Being a Green Mother
6) For Love of Evil
7) And Eternity
8) Under a Velvet Cloak

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

Norton threw down his knapsack and scooped up a double handful of water.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

He realized that there were, after all, compensations to his lonely office.

Comments:

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Added: 01-Jun-2006

Last Updated: 27-Feb-2023

Publications

01-Oct-1985

Ballantine Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Oct-1985

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.95

Pages*:

357

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 1 Jan 1999 - 1 Jan 1999

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

619

Publisher:

Ballantine Books

ISBN:

0-345-31315-1

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-31315-7

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Michael Whelan - Cover Artist

THE MAN WHO LIVED BACKWARD

When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past.

The other seemingly all-powerful Incarnations of Immortality - Death, Fate, War, and Nature - made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps. While he had been distracted, he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good.

In the end, armed only with the Hourglass, Norton was forced to confront the immense power of Satan directly. And though Satan banished him to Hell, he was resolved to fight on.

LIKE ON A PALE HORSE, THIS SECOND, COMPLETE-IN-ITSELF NOVEL OF THE INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY IS A RICHLY IMAGINED AND ALWAYS FASCINATING STORY. AND AGAIN, PIERS ANTHONY ADDS TO HIS GRIPPING PLOT A SERIOUS, THOUGHT-PROVOKING STUDY OF GOOD AND EVIL.

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Notes and Comments:

First Hardcover Edition: August 1984
First Paperback Edition: October 1985

Author(s)

Piers Anthony
Birth: 06 Aug 1934 Oxford, England

Awards

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