David Duncan, Author, Dave Duncan, Author Del Rey Books $5.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-345-36628-3
Inos, daughter and only child of good King Holindarn of Krasnegar, is bored. She longs to go riding and hang out with the servants' children, but imperious old Aunt Kade is determined that the marriageable young princess cultivate a ladylike air and
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Dave Duncan. Open Road, $18.99 trade paper (470p) ISBN 978-1-5040-3875-1
Duncan (When the Saints) returns to the alternate-history oeuvre with this reimagined Boxer Rebellion tale. Though arguably too overworked for its own good, it’s nevertheless a deftly, imaginatively plotted work of fantasy. Duncan’s version of 19th-c
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Dave Duncan, Author . Eos $24.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-380-97896-0
Canadian author Duncan offers plenty of swashbuckling fantasy adventure in this outstanding stand-alone novel, a follow-up to the three books in his loosely connected Tales of the King's Blades series (The Gilded Chain; Lord of the Fire Lands;...
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Dave Duncan. Five Rivers (IPS, dist.), $31.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-988274-05-8
Duncan's clumsy and inexplicably archaic science fiction novel transports an investigator from the future into prehistory. Not a man to do things by half measures, auditor Kyle "Cannon" Ball issues a scandalous report in 2084 that leaves governments
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Dave Duncan. Open Road, $18.99 trade paper (402p) ISBN 978-1-5040-0218-9
Despite the whiff of science fiction in the title, the latest novel from fantasy author Duncan (The Eye of Strife) is a straightforward fantasy epic about a girl who rises from a humble background to control an empire. In another realm’s year 700,...
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Dave Duncan, Author Eos $23 (352p) ISBN 978-0-380-97461-0
Distinguished by its sophisticated structure and themes, Duncan's exceptional sequel to The Gilded Chain will satisfy both fantasy fans looking for high adventure and those more interested in rich characterizations. For five years Raider and Wasp...
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Dave Duncan, Author Morrow/Avon $23 (338p) ISBN 978-0-380-97460-3
Duncan (The Great Game) raids some of the juiciest eras of European history for this classy opener to his King's Blades series. In the sorcery-ridden land of Chivial, the grim Ironhall nurtures unwanted boys, transmuting them by muscle-building,...
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Dave Duncan, Author Del Rey Books $22 (436p) ISBN 978-0-345-38951-0
This pleasant empire-building fantasy follows Gwin Nien Solith, an Innkeeper with the proverbial heart of gold, through her various political troubles, romantic alliances and fantastic escapades until she discovers her destiny. Gwin lives in the...
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Dave Duncan, Author Del Rey Books $20 (385p) ISBN 978-0-345-37899-6
The fourth and final volume in Duncan's fantastical Handful of Men trilogy takes plodding steps, as any event of importance from previous volumes ( The Stricken Field et al.) is tediously recapitulated at great length here. Prolixity also leads to...
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Dave Duncan, Author Del Rey Books $19 (343p) ISBN 978-0-345-37898-9
The future appears increasingly bleak for those few still free to oppose the secret rule of Warlock Zinixo in this sequel to Upland Outlaws . Emshandar V, Imperor of Pandemia, and Queen Inosolan of Krasnegar, along with her twin teenaged children,...
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Dave Duncan, Author Del Rey Books $18 (355p) ISBN 978-0-345-37897-2
A paranoid ex-sorcerer attempts to take over a world of imps, fauns, dwarves, trolls, pixies and other races in this sequel to The Cutting Edge . After the death of his father, young Imperor Emshandar V (known to all as Shandie) is urged to flee by...
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Dave Duncan, Author Tor 27.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2347-7
Popular fantasy writer Duncan (Children of Chaos) takes readers to an alternate 15th-century Europe where knighthood is on the wane, and the magic of Speakers is secretly courted by the same political and religious powers who condemn it as Satanism.
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Dave Duncan, Author . Ace $15 (310p) ISBN 978-0-441-01678-5
Duncan's outstanding third Venetian fantasy mystery (after 2008's The Alchemist's Code
) sends Alfeo Zeno, loyal apprentice to Nostradamus, in search of a killer who targets Venice's prostitutes. After three women are strangled,...
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Dave Duncan, Author . Tor $24.95 (285p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1687-5
Complicated politics and family scandals twist through this tale of courtly intrigue from prolific fantasist Duncan (Children of Chaos
). Rape and murder are almost unheard of in Aureity, where the female nobility cross bloodlines for strength: men&#
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Dave Duncan, Author . Ace $14 (308p) ISBN 978-0-441-01562-7
Slightly overbalanced by dense, lush descriptions, Duncan's elaborate sequel to 2007's The Alchemist's Apprentice
finds footing in intricate plots and conspiracies. Able swordsman Alfeo Zeno, a brash young noble serving as Nostradamus's apprentice,
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Dave Duncan, Author . Tor $24.95 (348p) ISBN 978-0-765-31484-0
Heroes and villains charge toward a satisfying climax in the violent, intrigue-filled conclusion to Duncan's two-volume epic fantasy (after 2006's Children of Chaos
), set on a dodecahedral world. The four young sibling heirs to the dying...
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Dave Duncan, Author . Ace $14 (313p) ISBN 978-0-441-01479-8
Duncan (Children of Chaos
) mingles arch fantasy and a whodunit plot in this alternate vision of old Venice, the launch of a new series featuring alchemist and astrologer Maestro Nostradamus and his nobly born apprentice, Alfeo Zeno, who narrates...
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Dave Duncan, Author . Tor $25.95 (349p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1483-3
Duncan's storytelling has never been better in this superb fantasy, the first of two books set on a dodecahedral world. Fifteen years after the doge of the walled city of Celebre handed over his four children as hostages to the invading...
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Dave Duncan, Author . Eos $24.95 (386p) ISBN 978-0-06-055511-5
In his latest energetic fantasy set in the medieval land of Chivial (after 2003's Impossible Odds
), Canadian author Duncan provides a feast of sword and sorcery, mystery and romance, featuring knights whose wits and words are as sharp as their...
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Dave Duncan, Author . Eos $24.95 (365p) ISBN 978-0-380-81834-1
Canadian author Duncan explores the perils and pitfalls of dynastic politics in this swashbuckling fantasy, the fifth entry in his popular King's Blades series (after 2002's Paragon Lost
). When Grand Duke Rubin of Krupina asks King Athelgar
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Dave Duncan, Author, David Duncan, Author Avon Books $23 (338p) ISBN 978-0-380-97325-5
A man falls naked out of the sky onto a WWI battlefield, landing in sight of four British soldiers. Apparently near-catatonic, he's placed in a mental hospital where he is eventually recognized by an old friend who helps him escape. Edward Exeter...
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Dave Duncan. Skyhorse, $24.99 (344p) ISBN 978-1-59780-930-6; $15.99 trade paper ISBN 978-1-59780-917-7
Prolific fantasist Duncan (the Ivor of Glenbroch series) opens the Enchanter General series with an intricate historical and magical mystery. Diligent Saxon Durwin is humble under the oppression of the ruling Normans in 1164 England. He’s known as...
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Dave Duncan. Night Shade, $15.99 trade paper (296p) ISBN 978-1-59780-953-5
Duncan’s second Enchanter General standalone fantasy mystery (after Ironfoot) provides another complex conspiracy for Sage Durwin of Helmdon, a 12th-century Saxon magician, to unravel. In 1166, the skilled 22-year-old, who wears an iron boot on his...
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Dave Duncan. Night Shade, $24.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-949102-03-1
Duncan’s disappointing third and final Enchanter General novel minimizes the magic but boosts the historical content for a primarily academic endeavor. In 1189, 20 years after the events of Trial by Treason, disabled master magician Durwin,...
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