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Bearing An Hourglass - Piers Anthony
Bearing An Hourglass
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When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of Immortality--Death, Fate, War, and Nature--made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts.... show more
When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of Immortality--Death, Fate, War, and Nature--made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good....
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN: 9780345313157 (0345313151)
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 372
Edition language: English
Series: Incarnations of Immortality (#2)
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A Voracious Reader
A Voracious Reader rated it
4.5 Time, nothing but Time
4.5 *Book source ~ Home library One day when Norton is out camping he meets a ghost, Gawain. Gawain is from a noble family with a long lineage, but he died slaying a dragon (well, he thought it was a dragon) before he could marry and father an heir. So his parents arranged a ghost marriage for h...
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Catchy Blog Title Forthcoming rated it
4.0
I find reading this series quite funny. He writes so matter-of-factly. He really likes to explain things. He makes me think of that overly passionate friend who wants to describe everything in great detail to you. I'm totally ok with that. Makes for a fun read.
Reading Adler's List
Reading Adler's List rated it
2.0
I don’t want to be critical of this book. I have way too many fond memories of the Incarnations of Immortality series. But, yeah, it’s pretty bad. In fairness, trying to write about Chronos who is living in reverse to the rest of the world must have significant challenges for plot and continuity. ...
Jo Thomas
Jo Thomas rated it
3.0 Bearing An Hourglass
As with the earlier book in the series: not as good as I remembered. But I will finish my re-read!
I only read when my OCD kicks in
I only read when my OCD kicks in rated it
1.0 Bearing An Hourglass (Incarnations of Immortality, Book 2)
Piers Anthony is one of my favorite authors but this is one of the worst books that I have ever read. Predictable, bad plot, poorly developed main character, rushed story line, uninteresting climax of events; a complete failure and waste of reading time. I will read incarnations of immortality 3 but...
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