Sos the Rope
- Published
- 1 January 1968
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN-13
- 9781601251947
- Type
- novel
About this book
Sos the Rope opened Battle Circle in 1968 at 248 pages -- the longest of the three -- introducing the post-nuclear tribal ritual of settling disputes through one-on-one combat inside the Battle Circle.
Key facts about Sos the Rope
Sos the Rope is a novel by Piers Anthony. Readers have had it since 1968. It runs to 248 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Sos the Rope. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781601251947 to find the main one.
Sos the Rope is book 1 of 3 in the Battle Circle series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
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
Sos the Rope is book 1 in the Battle Circle series. It is followed by 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 9781601251947