Book description
Set a thousand years before the reign of Lord Valentine, in a time of
ancient mysteries, new wonders and new horrors, this is the fifth book
in the Majipoor Cycle, one of the jewels of modern fantasy. When a
plague of madness sweeps over Majipoor, Coronal Lord Prestimion's quest
for a cure brings him face to face with enemies, delusions and forgotten
powers. Robert Silverberg (1935 - ) Robert Silverberg was born in
Brooklyn, New York, in 1935, and is one of the most prolific authors of
all time, writing not just SF & Fantasy, but extensive non-fiction
and a large number of pseudonymously published erotica novels. In his
first years as a professional writer, his output regularly exceeded a
million words per year. He has won and been nominated for the Hugo and
Nebula awards dozens of times as both writer and editor, and in 2004
received the SFWA Grand Master Award. Among his many acclaimed and
bestselling novels are A Time of Changes, The Book of Skulls, Dying
Inside and Lord Valentine's Castle. Robert Silverberg lives on the West
Coast of the United States with his wife, author, editor and art critic,
Karen Haber.
