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Future Indefinite, Round Three of The Great Game"Dave Duncan writes one excellent book after another."—LocusIn a place called Nextdoor—the farthest flung outpost of British imperialism—earthborn mortals possess the power of gods.Young Englishman Edward Exeter has spent five years trying to escape the magnetic and powerfully magical pull of The Great Game which has designated him as its most important player. But war and bloodthirsty intrigues rage on both sides of magical portals and across worlds and Exeter can resist his destiny no longer. He accepts the mantle of Liberator that has been thrust upon him and the decision turns old friends into foes and old enemies into acolytes as he is surrounded by murderous plots and betrayalsBut this is not the uninformed Edward Exeter who came naked into this hidden realm years ago. He has lived the Game and learned it well—and he intends to play it boldly to its shocking, worlds-shattering conclusion.
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FantasyMagicFictionFiction, fantasy, general
About the author
Dave Duncan
30 June 1933
David John Duncan is an award-winning Scottish Canadian fantasy and science fiction author. He made his first sale (A Rose Red City) two years later in 1986 at the age of 53, just two weeks after his 31 year career as a geologist came to an end due to a slump in the oil business, at which point he switched to full-time writing. Source: wikipedia
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