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Description edit
Rhialto the Marvellous takes up the personal and political conflicts among a conclave of two dozen magicians of Ascolais and Almery in the 21st Aeon. The shocking appearance of the Llorio the Murtha, a powerful female force from an earlier aeon threatens to unbalance nature by “ensqualming”... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Rhialto: also called The Marvelous is a vain magician and the main character
- Ildefonse: the Perceptor, the leader od the association of the magicians
- Hache Moncour: his vanities and airs surpass even those of Rhialto
- Hurtiancz: short and burly, notorious for his truculent disposition
- Gilgad: a small man with large gray eyes in a round gray face, always attired in rose-red garments
- Vermoulian: also known as the Dream Walker, he is peculiarly tall and thin
- Ao of the Opals: saturnine, with a pointed black beard and a caustic manner
- Barbanikos: short, squat with a great puff of white hair
First Sentence edit
These are tales of the 21st Aeon, when Earth is old and the sun is about to go out.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword 2
1. The Murthe 6
2. Fader's Waft 30
3. Morreion 92
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 6 in The Dying Earth. (standard series)
Preceded by Cugel's Saga.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jack Vance (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Brandywine
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0887330045
Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: Brandywine
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0887330045
Page Count: Add the page count.
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- Dewey: 818'.54
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