Incarnations Of Immortality (Piers Anthony)

Jedi Sexe : Date d'inscription : 09/12/2015 Age : 33

Incarnations Of Immortality

On A Pale Horse

When Zane shot Death, he learned, too late, that he would have to assume his place, speeding over the world riding his pale horse, and ending the lives of others. Sooner than he would have thought possible, Zane found himself being drawn to Satan's plot. Already the Prince of Evil was forging a trap in which Zane must act to destroy Luna, the woman he loved...unless he could discover the only way out....

** ÉDITIONS : Del Rey Books
** NOMBRE DE PAGES : 325

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Bearing An Hourglass
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 incantations 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 and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good....

** ÉDITIONS : Del Rey Books

** NOMBRE DE PAGES : 372

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With A Tangled Skin

When the man Niobe loved was shot, she learned that she had been the target, in a devious plot of the Devil's. Hoping for revenge, she discovered, too late, how intricate his scheming was, and that he had managed to trap her son and her granddaughter, Luna. Niobe's only chance to save them was to accept a challenge by the Prince of Deceit--a challenge to be decided in Hell and in a maze of Satan's devising!

** ÉDITIONS : Del Rey Books

** NOMBRE DE PAGES : 404

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Wielding A Red Sword

Mym was a dutiful son, but rather than agree to his father's choice for his marriage, he took up the Red Sword, symbol of office of the Incarnation of War, in order to ameliorate some of the suffering caused by Earth's constant petty wars. But Mym discovered that Satan was waiting to trap him, and he must now take desperate measures to outwit the evil genius who aimed to destroy the world....

** ÉDITIONS : Del Rey Books

** NOMBRE DE PAGES : 313

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Being A Great Mother
Orb had a rare gift--the magic which manifested whenever she sang or played her harp. No one could resist her music. But she knew that greater magic lay in the Llano, the mystic music that controlled all things. The quest for the Llano occupied Orb's life. Until she met Natasha, handsome and charming, and an even finer musician. But her mother Niobe came as an Aspect of Fire, with the news that Orb had been chosen for the role of Incarnation of Nature--The Green Mother. But she also warned of a prophecy that Orb was to marry Evil. Could she be sure that Natasha was not really Satan, the Master of Illusion, laying a trap for her...?

** ÉDITIONS : Del Rey Books

** NOMBRE DE PAGES : 320

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For Love Of Evil

Parry was a gifted musician and an apprentice in the arts of White Magic. But his life of sweet promise went disastrously awry following the sudden, violent death of his beloved Jolie.
Led down the twisted path of wickedness and depravity by Lilah the harlot demoness, Parry thrived -- first as a sorceror, then as a monk, and finally as a feared inquisitor.
But it wasn't until his mortal flame was extinguished that Parry found his true calling -- as the Incarnation of Evil. And, at the gates of Hell, he prepared to wage war on the master himself -- Lucifer, the dark lord -- with dominion over the infernal realms the ultimate prize!

** ÉDITIONS : Del Rey Books

** NOMBRE DE PAGES : 336

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And Eternity

After an overwhelming succession of tragedies, life has finally, mercifully ended for Orlene, once-mortal daughter of Gaea.
Joined in Afterlife by Jolie -- her protector and the sometime consort of Satan himself -- together they seek out a third: Vita, a very contemporary mortal with troubles, attractions, and an unsettling moral code uniquely her own.
An extraordinary triumvirate, they embark on a great quest to reawaken the Incarnation of Good in a world where evil reigns -- facing challenges that will test the very fiber of their beings with trials as numerous, as mysterious, and as devastating as the Incarnations themselves.

** ÉDITIONS : Del Rey Books

** NOMBRE DE PAGES : 384

**FORMAT :

Under A Velvet Cloak

The eighth book in Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series. It is the year 500 AD. Kerena, a beautiful young girl living near King Arthur's Camelot, is apprenticed to Morely the Seer. Morely teaches her fantastic magic, but when he mysteriously disappears, Kerena finds herself out on the street and must resort to prostitution to survive. Kerena prospers as a skilled courtesan until she is taken into service by Morgan le Fey, the sorceress sister of King Arthur. Kerena's knowledge of magic grows as she is required to carry out nefarious deeds for the evil Lady Fey. One of her missions is to seduce Sir Gawain, Knight of the Round Table, to prevent him from locating the Holy Grail. But Gawain and Kerena fall in love and she conceives his child, a child she discovers is cursed to die an early death. Using her Seer abilities, Kerena tries to locate the fabled Incarnations of Immortality, seeking their aid in removing the taint from her baby. Rebuffed by all seven major Incarnations, Kerena vows revenge. But revenge against such mighty immortals would require an even greater power...

** ÉDITIONS : Del Rey Books

** NOMBRE DE PAGES : 228

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Jedi Sexe : Date d'inscription : 09/12/2015 Age : 33

J'ai pas trouvé de traductions du coup j'ai mis les infos que j'ai trouvées en anglais, mais si quelqu'un veut un rapide résumé d'un livre je peux m'essayer à la tâche ^^

Sinon je viens de finir le premier, le concept est original, j'ai bien aimé le principe du mec qui a tout perdu et qui se retrouve à remplacer la mort. Ensuite on le suit à travers sa découverte de son nouveau "job" et c'est là que l'intrigue prend place. Ca tourne beaucoup autour de la vision de la mort forcément, mais aussi autour de la religion et des différentes entités que sont Dieu, Satan, la Mort, le Temps, la Nature, la Guerre et le Destin.

Au final ça fait un melting pot plutôt pas mal, dans lequel on retrouve du suspense, de l'action et même de la romance (mais assez légère).
Un autre point fort c'est que les livres peuvent être lu en one shot, car le héros diffère à chaque tome.

Sage Sexe : Date d'inscription : 15/01/2013 Age : 50

Color, vu qu'il n'existe pas en vf, je le déplace dans la section "Littérature étrangère". Merci pour le retour Very Happy

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