Portal of a Thousand Worlds

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Pub Date Feb 14 2017 | Archive Date Feb 28 2017

Description

The looming threat of a once-in-a-millennium magical event sends nineteenth-century China into violent chaos in this epic alternate-history fantasy.

Author of the Seventh Sword series Dave Duncan transports us to Imperial China in an alternate nineteenth century—an Asian epoch not unlike the Boxer Rebellion era—with a spellbinding tale of rebellion, political intrigue, larceny, seduction, shape-shifting, dark magic, and murder. These are troubled years in the Good Land.

Ten centuries have passed since the last time the Portal of a Thousand Worlds opened, bringing chaos, upheaval, and radical change to the then-ruling dynasty, and now the mystical gateway is rumored to be on the verge of opening once more. Only the Firstborn—he who has been reincarnated through countless generations and remembers all he has ever learned—knows what the future holds, but he has been imprisoned for refusing to comply with a repressive imperial government’s wishes.

Now, those hoping to seize the opportunity for wealth and position are hatching sinister plots. And as the cold-hearted dowager empress closely guards a fateful secret, and a rebel army led by a fanatical zealot gathers strength under the Bamboo Banner, the cataclysm approaches. . . .

The recipient of two Aurora Awards and numerous Locus and Endeavour Award nominations, Dave Duncan is an acknowledged master of sword-and-sorcery adventure on par with George R. R. Martin of Game of Thrones fame. A sprawling epic with a colorful cast of royals, thieves, prostitutes, gods, warriors, dragons, assassins, merchants, and mages set against the backdrop of a volatile alternate Asia, Portal of a Thousand Worlds is a magnificent work of invention from one of the premier fantasists of our day.
The looming threat of a once-in-a-millennium magical event sends nineteenth-century China into violent chaos in this epic alternate-history fantasy.

Author of the Seventh Sword series Dave Duncan...

Advance Praise

Praise for Dave Duncan
“Duncan’s people are marvelously believable, his landscapes deliciously exotic, his swordplay breathtaking. . . . [A] handsomely crafted commentary on honor and betrayal.” —Publishers Weekly on The Gilded Chain

“An authoritative reworking of history. . . . Deft handling of magic and character-driven action.” —Kirkus Reviews on When the Saints

“[Duncan writes] great fantasy. . . . He always manages to come up with a new twist on magic.”—SFSite on the Great Game trilogy
Praise for Dave Duncan
“Duncan’s people are marvelously believable, his landscapes deliciously exotic, his swordplay breathtaking. . . . [A] handsomely crafted commentary on honor and betrayal.” —...

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