Book description
Wallie Smith is staring death in the face; only a miracle can save him.
And then one does! The Goddess appears to preserve his soul, but she
does much more than that. She promises to bestow upon him a new and
powerful body, and, more importantly, to endow him with the fabled
Sapphire Sword of Chioxin. But nothing in this world or any other comes
without a price. The Goddess demands that, for her services, Wallie
become her champion. It will be an honor to serve such a presence, to
have the chance to be victorious over all challengers. But Wallie and
his sword quickly find themselves outmatched in a world of high-stakes
magic. Even the Goddess's priests cannot offer any resistance to the
invading sorcerers and their quest to conquer souls for the Fire God.
Wallie will need to find in himself and in the world the powers that
will save all mortals. He will need to find The Coming of Wisdom. Dave
Duncan, born in Scotland in 1933, is a Canadian citizen. He received his
diploma from Dundee High School and got his college education at the
University of Saint Andrews. He moved to Canada in 1955, where he still
lives with his wife. He has three grown children and four grandchildren.
He spent thirty years as a petroleum geologist. He has had dozens of
fantasy and science fiction novels published, among them A ROSE-RED
CITY, MAGIC CASEMENT and THE REAVER ROAD, as well as a highly praised
historical novel, DAUGHTER OF TROY, published, for commercial reasons,
under the pseudonym Sarah B. Franklin. He also published the
"Longdirk" series of novels, DEMON SWORD, DEMON KNIGHT and
DEMON RIDER, under the name Ken Hood. His website is DaveDuncan. com. In
the Fall of 2007, Duncan's 2006 novel, CHILDREN OF CHAOS, published by
Tor Books, was nominated for both the Prix Aurora Award and the
Endeavour Award.
