The Power has returned. And now I, the exiled dark lord Lucian, race across the infinite planes of creation, a charge of mass murder upon my head, vicious foes dogging my every step. My goals are simple: Justice for myself, vengeance upon my enemies, and conquest of the known universe if I get half a chance. But events are conspiring to bring me together with some very unexpected allies, and to thrust me into the most unlikely role of all... Hero?! LUCIAN: DARK GOD'S HOMECOMING combines exciting SF/Fantasy adventure with a puzzling murder mystery whodunit in the grand tradition of Roger Zelazny's AMBER series and Jack Vance's DYING EARTH. "Great stuff. LUCIAN is an amazing book." --James Palmer, Voices for the Cure "Fans of Jack Vance and Roger Zelazny will eat this up. Good stuff start to finish." --Pulp Fiction Reviews
Lucian (ca. 120-190 CE), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful travelling lecturer, before...
Lucian's True History: Large Print By Samosata Lucian Lucian of Samosata was a Syrian satirist and rhetorician who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious ...
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1894 Edition.
The only true statement in his History, he wittily says, is that it contains nothing but lies from beginning to end. The main purport of the story is to describe a voyage to the moon.
From ancient scripture, the legend of the Lucian Shadow awakens, and the secret poison threatening the Kingdom of Zah's fragile land is set loose in revenge of its captivity. Time falters and beckons our receipt.
The book is also remarkable for being the first known work to include scenes taking place in outer space.
The work was intended by Lucian as a satire against contemporary and ancient sources, which quote fantastic and mythical events as truth. Lucian's True Stories eludes a clear-cut literary classification.
Yet Lucian remains most lauded for his pointed satires, mocking authoritative tyrants and intellectual trends. In "The Works of Lucian of Samosata" we see Lucian in all of his talents and colors, offering insight into the classical mind.
Text Is In English And Greek. In Eight Volumes. Volume Five Also Includes Astrology; The Mistaken Critic; The Parliament Of The Gods; The Tyrannicide; Disowned.
The Works of Lucian