Wielding a Red Sword
- Published
- 1 January 1986
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN-13
- 9780345322210
- Type
- novel
About this book
Wielding a Red Sword, written by Piers Anthony, is the fourth book in the Incarnations of Immortality series, dated 1986. It spans 320 pages and follows the reluctant new War, who must decide whether conflict can ever be wielded justly.
Key facts about Wielding a Red Sword
Piers Anthony wrote Wielding a Red Sword, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1986. The book has 320 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345322210 to find the main one.
Wielding a Red Sword is book 4 of 8 in the Incarnations of Immortality series. The series has 8 published books. However, the series starts with On a Pale Horse (1983).
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
Wielding a Red Sword is book 4 in the Incarnations of Immortality series. It follows With a Tangled Skein. It is followed by Being a Green Mother. 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 9780345322210