Working God's Mischief: Book Four of The Instrumentalities of the Night

Author: Cook, Glen

Edition: First

Number Of Pages: 432

Details:

Arnhand, Castauriga, and Navaya lost their kings. The Grail Empire lost its empress. The Church lost its Patriarch, though he lives on as a fugitive. The Night lost Kharoulke the Windwalker, an emperor amongst the most primal and terrible gods. The Night goes on, in dread. The world goes on, in dread. The ice builds and slides southward. New kings come. A new empress will rule. Another rump polishes the Patriarchal Throne. But there is something new under the sun. The oldest and fiercest of the Instrumentalities has been destroyed--by a mortal. There is no new Windwalker, nor will there ever be. The world, battered by savage change, limps toward its destiny. And the ice is coming. Working God's Mischief is the savage, astounding new novel of The Instrumentalities of Night, by Glen Cook, a modern master of military fantasy. From Booklist The latest novel in the Instrumentalities of the Night poses a whole new set of crises. The empress is dead. The patriarch is a hunted fugitive, in no position to sort out the consequences of the impending war of the gods. And that war will be the worse for the most potent of the Instrumentalities, the Windwalker, having been slain by a mortal. This makes the Instrumentalities uneasy, and uneasy gods are not pleasant to have around. The tone is even darker for the story being told mostly from the point of view of the grunts or at least their leaders, who must lay their lives on the line so often that, even if their side wins, they will not be around to enjoy it. But then, Glen Cook has been doing that in his fantasy since The Black Company (1984) and still does it very well. --Roland Green

Reviews:

“Cook follows up on his lauded Black Company military fantasy with another powerful series, combining a fast-moving plot with a harsh, credible world of religious conflicts, ravenous aristocrats, and refugees struggling to survive.” ―VOYA on Lord of the Silent Kingdom

“The thing about Glen Cook is that with The Black Company he singlehandedly changed the face of fantasy--something a lot of people didn't notice and maybe still don't. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the cliché archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote.” ―Steven Erikson, New York Times bestselling author of the Malazan series

About the Author:

Born in 1944, Glen Cook grew up in northern California, served in the U.S. Navy, attended the University of Missouri, and was one of the earliest graduates of the well-known "Clarion" workshop SF writers. Since 1971 he has published a large number of science fiction and fantasy novels, including the "Dread Empire" series, the occult-detective "Garrett" novels, and the very popular "Black Company" sequence that began with the publication of The Black Company in 1984. Among his SF novels is A Passage at Arms. After working many years for General Motors, Cook now writes full-time. He lives near St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife Carol.

UPC: 884783133182...

EAN: 9780765334206

Release Date: 11-03-2014

Languages: english

Item Condition: New

Binding: Hardcover