King of the Scepter'd Isle

ISBN: 9780453006675

出版社: Dutton Adult

出版年: August 18, 1989

页数: 399

定价: $18.95

装帧: Hard Cover

内容简介

With a masterful blend of myth and magic, Michael Greatrex Coney spins an epic tale of chivalry and destiny on an Earth no quite our own. The beautiful Dedo Nyneve's innocent tales of a land called Camelot have spawned a real-life cast determined to choose their own fates, yet each move draws them closer to catastrophe. And as the many happentracks of the universe narrow to a dangerous few, the actions of every sorcerer, man, and living creature will determine whether the great god Starquin lives or dies.

For the first time in remembered histories, humans and gnomes find themselves sharing the same Earth happentrack. But King Arthur has larger concerns as he watches the society he rules spiraling toward ultimate destruction. Little does he know that the evil Morgan Le Fay has been working her treacherous magic to split the happentracks wide open - a deadly betrayal that could spell the end of Camelot.

With the many possible futures swiftly shrinking to one last destiny too awful to contemplate, courageous Fang the gnome joins forces with Arthur and Nyneve to manipulate history in a final confrontation of wills and words. The last move is Fang's, as he unravels the strands of time to keep his clan from the brutal vision of Starquin's end.

作者简介

Michael Greatrex Coney, who lived in Sidney, British Columbia, was a winner of the British SF Writers Association Award and the author of Fang the Gnome, Brontomex, Cat Karina, The Celestial Steam Locomotive, and Gods of the Greataway, as well as of several other novels and numerous short stories.

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