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The Wizard Knight (Gollancz S.F.)

The Wizard Knight (Gollancz S.F.)

by Gene Wolfe (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $10.39
Synopsis

THE WIZARD KNIGHT springs from the myths, legends and literature of times past. A teenager passes from Earth to a magical realm of seven worlds, where he is given a hero's adult body and named Able. Though forced to act as a man, inside he is still a boy, even as he sets off to find his destined sword and become a knight. In his quest he battles giants, meets gods, heroes and a sorceress (who repeatedly tries to seduce him), and serves the mercurial dragon king Arnthor in a was that could end everything.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 928
 Edition: paperback / softback
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 22 Sep 2005
ISBN 10: 0575077107
ISBN 13: 9780575077102
Book Overview: 'Sir Able of the High Heart is part Candide and part Conan the Barbarian,. Wolfe's version of Faerie is both allusive and elusive, beautiful and fatally glamorous' Tad Williams 'Wolfe doesn't just rearrange the cliches of sword and sorcery fiction; he recreates the genre. This is a compelling, breathtaking achievement' Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'Gene Wolfe is the smartest, subtlest, most dangerous writer alive today' Neil Gaiman Gene Wolfe's THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN, published in two volumes in the Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks series, is a backlist bestseller THE WIZARD KNIGHT is published in the US as two volumes; this is the only omnibus edition available. Already a bestseller for the book clubs both here and in the US.

Author Bio
Born in New York and raised in Texas, Gene Wolfe trained as a mechanical engineer. He began to publish short stories in the 1960s and has gone on to win many prestigious awards, including the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. His BOOK OF THE NEW SUN quartet is notable in having won both fantasy and science fiction awards.