Cenotaph Road [Paperback]

Robert E. Vardeman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ace (February 15, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441098460
• ISBN-13: 978-0441098460
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,415,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert E. Vardeman is the author of more than 100 fantasy and science fiction novels, as well as numerous westerns under various pen names (Jackson Lowry, Karl Lassiter). F&SF titles include the fantasy Dark Legacy (Magic: The Gathering tie-in) and sf novel Ruins of Power (Battletech: Mechwarrior tie-in). The reprint of his Star Frontier trilogy from Zumaya Publications was launched with Alien Death Fleet and Genetic Menace. Black Nebula will be published soon. The Infinity Plague, the first book of the Biowarriors series, recently has been published for the Kindle.

Fantasy work included the novelization of Sony Playstation videogame God of War 1 (co-authored with Matt Stover) and the forthcoming God of War 2. All nine titles in the Swords of Raemllyn series will be published in Kindle format. Look for the fantasy pirate short story, "The Coins of Darkun," in the collection Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms.

In addition to short stories for the Kindle, his collection Stories from Desert Bob's Reptile Ranch covers almost thirty years of writing.

Editorial work includes Career Guide to Your Job in Hell and the spectacular anthology, co-edited with Joan Spici Saberhagen, Golden Reflections.

Vardeman is a longtime resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, graduating from the University of New Mexico with a B.S. in physics and a M.S. in materials engineering. He worked for Sandia National Laboratories in the Solid State Physics Research Department before becoming a full time writer.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an amazing book!!!, September 10, 1998

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This review is from: Cenotaph Road (Paperback)

You ride the cenotaph road! There are portals to worlds - adventures lie within... Awesome book! I read it when I was in 5th grade but I still remember it!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but nothing exceptional, December 27, 2001

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Herbert H. Nowell (College Station, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cenotaph Road (Paperback)

Cenotaph Road is the first in a series of adventure novels featuring Lan, his giant spider companion Krek, and Inyx the Swordswoman. It is a enjoyable, but not overly exciting, romp over a couple of worlds. The idea of the Cenotaph Road itself, that the empty graves of great heroes create graves between worlds, is exceptional, although by the end of the book it is irelevant to the rest of the series. This is the big problems with this book: good ideas that are not used, such as the power of Vilek's tears. On the plus side some of those ideas (steam cars powered by demon's separating hot and cold air to boil water for example) lend excellent flavor to the book.

All in all an average swords and (a little) sorcery adventure tale.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Older Series, May 29, 2011

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Michael R Brunt - See all my reviews

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I read the Cenotaph Road series (this book being the first in the series) many years ago when it first came out and I really enjoyed it. I have been wanting to buy the series (as a keeper) and reread it. I am very happy I did!