DELUSION'S MASTER (Special Edition)When the world was flat and the gods had not yet restructured the universe, the cities and hopes of mankind hung upon the whims of the immortal lords of all diabolical powers. For these, such as Azhrarn, Night's Master, and Uhlumc, Death's Master, the world was a flesh-and-blood playground for all their strangest desires. Hut among those demonic lords, the strangest was the master of madness, Chuz. The game that Chuz played with a beautiful woman, with an ambitious king, with an ancient imperial city, was a web work of good and evil, of hope and horror. But there was always Azhrarn to interfere—to bend delusion to a different outcome—and it was a century-long conflict between two vain immortals with women and men as their terrified pawns. TANITH LEE, acclaimed as the "princess-royal of high fantasy," winner of the prestigious August Derleth Award, now presents a new novel of brilliant coloration and sparkling imagination. |
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... Moon CHAPTER 1: A Sacrifice CHAPTER 2: The Magical Engine CHAPTER 3: Sunfire CHAPTER 4: Moonflame CHAPTER 5: An Image of Light and Shadow PART THREE: The Bitterness of Joy CHAPTER 1: Seventeen Murderesses CHAPTER 2: Mother and Daughter ...
... moon had risen, one white fruit on the blackleafed tree of night. By her shine and the flare of a torch sunk in the sand, the guards kept score. The first man threw, and the second. Next, the third, and the fourth, and the fifth. Next ...
... moon governs the tides of the sea, the tides of the wombs of women, and the tides of the humours of the mind.” The six men sprang to their feet. They drew their swords, but also they backed away. Jawbones which spoke were new to their ...
Tanith Lee. cloak had made, realized she was gentle, and that the moon shone through her thin garment on her gentle breasts, and all her gentle hair the moon had changed into a cloud of silver. Outside, the sixth guard lingered on the ...
... moon and under no moon, through storm and drought, and leaden heat and biting cold. Their labor was to build a monstrous edifice, a pyramid of steps to touch the sky, the world's roof, and beyond. Nemdur's dark queen came to him at dusk ...
Contents
All About Bhelsheved | |
Night Works | |
A Sacrifice | |
The Magical Engine | |
Sunfire | |
Moonflame | |
An Image of Light and Shadow | |
Seventeen Murderesses | |
Mother and Daughter | |
The Aloe | |
Dice | |
Love and Death and Time | |