With a Tangled Skein
- Published
- 1 January 1985
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9780345318855
- Type
- novel
About this book
Released in 1985, With a Tangled Skein is the third book in the Incarnations of Immortality series. It is the longest book in the series at 416 pages, following a woman with the second sight of Fate who must learn to weave the threads of countless lives.
Key facts about With a Tangled Skein
Piers Anthony wrote With a Tangled Skein, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1985. The book has 416 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345318855 to find the main one.
With a Tangled Skein is book 3 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
With a Tangled Skein is book 3 in the Incarnations of Immortality series. It follows Bearing an Hourglass. It is followed by Wielding a Red Sword. 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 9780345318855