Neq the Sword
- Published
- 1 January 1975
- Pages
- 191
- ISBN-13
- 9780552098243
- Type
- novel
About this book
Neq the Sword closed the trilogy in 1975, matching Var the Stick's 191 pages exactly, completing Piers Anthony's early, philosophical run interrogating whether ritualized dueling is really a step up from the war that ended civilization, or just war with better manners.
Key facts about Neq the Sword
Piers Anthony wrote Neq the Sword, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1975. The book has 191 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780552098243 to find the main one.
Neq the Sword is book 3 of 3 in the Battle Circle series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Sos the Rope (1968).
Additionally, Piers Anthony writes Of Man and Manta, Jason Striker and Cluster, plus 11 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, action thriller and fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Three Novel Nymphs is the latest published Piers Anthony book on file, from 2025.
About Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony is a prolific British-born American author best known for Xanth, his long-running comic fantasy series built around magical puns and wordplay, which has run to more than forty novels since 1977. See every Piers Anthony book in order.
Its place in Battle Circle
Neq the Sword is book 3 in the Battle Circle series. It follows Var the Stick. See the full Battle Circle reading order.
Centuries after a nuclear apocalypse, the surviving population lives in scattered tribal camps that have replaced large-scale warfare with a ritualized, one-on-one combat system: disputes and status are settled inside the Battle Circle by trained duelists fighting with primitive weapons, under strict rules meant to prevent the wholesale slaughter that ended civilization the first time. Each of the trilogy's three novels follows a different young man rising through this brutal but rule-bound combat culture…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780552098243