The Deceiver
core novel 1990 Time Master (World of Chaos and Order)
Record
| First published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.64 (364 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553288216 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
A human girl raised in the dark arts takes the soul-stone of one of the seven Lords of Chaos and prepares to use it to spread terror in Chaos's name. Years after the events of the Time Master story, the gods of Order and Chaos are uneasy, and the Circle, the brotherhood that serves Order, must work out who she is and how to stop her. The first book of the Chaos Gate trilogy follows the girl's rise and the people drawn into her path.
Where it sits
- Universe: Time Master (World of Chaos and Order)
- Series: Chaos Gate core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Louise Cooper
Notes
- Published as part of the Chaos Gate trilogy, set after the Time Master trilogy.
- From the series record (Chaos Gate): Sequel trilogy in which the demon sorceress Ygorla seeks to rule the world.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Chaos Gate: position 1 of 3: next The Pretender (1991)
- Internal chronology, within Time Master (World of Chaos and Order): position 2 of 12: previous The Initiate (1985) · next Star Ascendant (1994)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Louise Cooper
- Locus Index (Bantam Spectra, Dec 1990/Jan 1991; ISBN-10 0-553-28821-0)
- AbeBooks listing
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