The Living God
core novel 1994 Pandemia
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.09 (1,082 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345378996 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Zinixo's rule continues and the war spreads across Pandemia. Rap leads the resistance with a promise of a fairer order and an end to the enslavement of magicians. Troll sorcerers join the struggle, the elves rally to him, and Inos and Shandie negotiate with the gnomes. Meanwhile the sorcerers of Thume and a young pixie girl make secret plans against the tyrant as the prophesied Longday approaches. Zinixo's forces outnumber Rap's several times over, and the final contest between them draws near.
Where it sits
- Universe: Pandemia
- Series: A Handful of Men core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Dave Duncan
Notes
- Final volume of A Handful of Men.
- From the series record (A Handful of Men): Four sequels set in Pandemia in which Rap, Inos and Shandie face the sorcerer Zinixo as the Protocol governing magic breaks down.
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 A Handful of Men: position 4 of 4: previous The Stricken Field (1993)
- Internal chronology, within Pandemia: position 8 of 8: previous Emperor and Clown (1991)
Sources
- Apple Books publisher description, A Handful of Men
- Wikipedia, The Cutting Edge
- Wikipedia, Upland Outlaws
- Publishers Weekly listing (Del Rey, 1994)
- Kirkus Reviews
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