Majestrum: A Tale Of Henghis Hapthorn
When Hapthorn is hired by Lord Afre to investigate the motives of his daughter's new companion, a young man of indeterminate circumstances, he takes the job expecting it to allow him the opportunity to explore and understand his changing universe. Little does Henghis Hapthorn realize, but the...
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When Hapthorn is hired by Lord Afre to investigate the motives of his daughter's new companion, a young man of indeterminate circumstances, he takes the job expecting it to allow him the opportunity to explore and understand his changing universe. Little does Henghis Hapthorn realize, but the path of discovery will lead to deeper questions, a mysterious assignment from the Archon himself, and the ancient and powerful secret name... Majestrum!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781597800891 (1597800899)
ASIN: 1597800899
Publish date: 2007-08-21
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Pages no: 226
Edition language: English
Pretty hard to get into at the start...at first I'd thought this was the second book in the series because the main character speaks about an event in past tense, that occurs directly before the book starts. But it's absolutely inscrutable what exactly happened and why this changes the character's ...
Henghis Hapthorn, freelance discriminator, is hired to investigate the suitor to Lord Alfre's daughter. His case takes him to several planets and leads him on an assignment from the Archon himself. But how will his second personality cope with things? And what does the word Majestrum have to do wi...
Henghis Hapthorn is a detective on far-future Earth. His brain is shared with an alternate universe version of himself. It's surprisingly dull; so much so that I never bothered to finish. I don't even remember what the mystery was. I recommed reading Swanwick instead.
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