Incarnations of Immortality · Book 3
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.
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