A Dark and Hungry God Arises

by Stephen R. Donaldson

Paperback, 1993

Call number

813.54

Publication

Spectra (1993), Reissue, Paperback

Pages

528

Description

Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML: A master storyteller, Stephen R. Donaldson established a worldwide reputation with his unforgettable, critically acclaimed fantasy series The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant. Then, with The Real Story and Forbidden Knowledge, he launched a thrilling new science fiction series. Now the galactic epic continues as humanity struggles against the forces of ultimate evil--and its own dark nature. The stage is set of confrontation at Billingate--illegal shipyard, haven for pirates and brigands, where every vice flourishes and every appetite can be sated. Gateway to the alien realm of the Amnion, the shipyard is a clearinghouse for all they require to fulfill their mutagenic plans against humanity. It is here that the fate of Morn Hyland is to be decided amid a kaleidoscopic whirl of plot and counterplot, treachery and betrayal. As schemes unravel to reveal yet deeper designs, Morn, Nick, Angus' lives may all be forfeit as pawns in the titanic game played our between Warden Dios, dedicated director of the UMC Police, and the Dragon, greed-driven ruler of the UMC. Here, the future of humankind hangs on the uncertain fortune of Morn Hyland in a daring novel of epic power and suspense, relentlessly gripping from first page to last. From the Paperback edition..… (more)

Language

Original publication date

1992-11

Physical description

528 p.; 6.7 inches

ISBN

0553562606 / 9780553562606

User reviews

LibraryThing member TheOneTree
This is one of the most compelling and yet disturbing books I have ever read - yet I couldn't put it down and had to read the whole series.
LibraryThing member danconsiglio
In the third book of the Gap series Donaldson begins to back off from the gratuitous rape and violence and gets into the meat of his universe. He expands his cast of characters and presents a much broader view of the schemes established in the first two books. This one starts to feel more like a
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planned-out story and less like an exercise in catharsis.
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LibraryThing member Scribble.Orca
Murder, mystery, metaphysics, psychology. A sci-fi re-take on Wagner's Ring Cycle. This series is long, dark, absorbing read. Better read together and in order than as individual books, as the many-threaded plot winds through the whole series.
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