Gods of Opar - Hardcover

Philip Jose Farmer; Christopher Paul Carey

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9781596064713: Gods of Opar
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1596064714 ISBN 13: 9781596064713
Publisher: Subterranean, 2012

Synopsis

Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost Khokarsa collects for the first time anywhere Philip José Farmer's epic Khokarsa cycle, including the never-before-published conclusion to the trilogy, The Song of Kwasin.

In Hadon of Ancient Opar, the young hero Hadon journeys from his outpost city to the heart of the ancient African empire of Khokarsa, battling in the Great Games for the chance to win the king's crown. But just as Hadon stands upon the precipice of victory, the tyrannical King Minruth usurps the throne and overturns the beneficent, centuries-old rule of the priestesses of Kho. Now Hadon must set out upon a hero's journey unlike any other--to hunt down a living god and return with his bounty. The saga continues in Flight to Opar, as a decree by the oracle hurtles Hadon upon a perilous quest that will determine the fate of the next twelve millennia. In The Song of Kwasin, Hadon's herculean cousin returns to Khokarsa after long years of exile in the Wild Lands. But soon Kwasin finds that in order to clear his name he will have to take up the cause against King Minruth himself and stop him before he fulfills his mad quest for immortality high atop the sun god's bloody ziggurat.

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About the Author

Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) was the bestselling author of the award-winning Riverworld saga and the World of Tiers series. He was the winner of three Hugo Awards and a World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, and was honored with the prestigious Grand Master Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Christopher Paul Carey's fiction may be found in anthology series such as Tales of the Shadowmen and The Worlds of Philip José Farmer. He is the editor of three volumes collecting Philip José Farmer's work: The Other in the Mirror, Venus on the Half-Shell and Others, and Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories. He is also the author of Exiles of Kho, a tale of the heroine-priestess Lupoeth set eight hundred years before the events of Gods of Opar.

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Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost Khokarsa collects for the first time anywhere Philip José Farmer's epic Khokarsa cycle, including the never-before-published conclusion to the trilogy, The Song of Kwasin.In Hadon of Ancient Opar, the young hero Hadon journeys from his outpost city to the heart of the ancient African empire of Khokarsa, battling in the Great Games for the chance to win the king's crown. But just as Hadon stands upon the precipice of victory, the tyrannical King Minruth usurps the throne and overturns the beneficent, centuries-old rule of the priestesses of Kho. Now Hadon must set out upon a hero's journey unlike any other to hunt down a living god and return with his bounty. The saga continues in Flight to Opar, as a decree by the oracle hurtles Hadon upon a perilous quest that will determine the fate of the next twelve millennia. In The Song of Kwasin, Hadon's herculean cousin returns to Khokarsa after long years of exile in the Wild Lands. But soon Kwasin finds that in order to clear his name he will have to take up the cause against King Minruth himself and stop him before he fulfills his mad quest for immortality high atop the sun god's bloody ziggurat.

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Publisher
Subterranean
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1596064714
ISBN 13 
9781596064713
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
576
Rating
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