Incarnations of Immortality · Book 1
On a Pale Horse
- Published
- 1 January 1983
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN-13
- 9780808522430
- Type
- novel
About this book
On a Pale Horse, written by Piers Anthony, is the first book in the Incarnations of Immortality series, dated 1983. It spans 336 pages and follows a suicidal man who accidentally kills Death himself and must take up the office, learning to collect souls with fairness rather than cruelty.
Its place in Incarnations of Immortality
On a Pale Horse is book 1 in the Incarnations of Immortality series. It is followed by Bearing an Hourglass. See the full Incarnations of Immortality reading order.
Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Evil, and Good are not just abstractions in this series — they are jobs, held by mortals who take on the office (and its immense, world-shaping power) the way someone might inherit a business. Each novel follows a different ordinary person's recruitment into one of these cosmic offices: a suicidal man becomes the new Death and must learn to collect souls with fairness rather than cruelty; a woman with the second sight of Fate must weave the threads of countless lives; the reluctant…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780808522430