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.
Key facts about On a Pale Horse
Piers Anthony wrote On a Pale Horse, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1983. The book has 336 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780808522430 to find the main one.
On a Pale Horse is book 1 of 8 in the Incarnations of Immortality series. The series has 8 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Piers Anthony writes Battle Circle, Of Man and Manta and Jason Striker, 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 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