City At The Edge Of Time (Beyond Sanctuary) [Paperback]

Janet Morris (Author), Chris Morris (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Baen; First Edition edition (November 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671697870
• ISBN-13: 978-0671697877
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,475,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Best selling author Janet Morris began writing in 1976 and has since published more than 20 novels, many co-authored with her husband Chris Morris or others. She has contributed short fiction to the shared universe fantasy series Thieves World, in which she created the Sacred Band of Stepsons, a mythical unit of ancient fighters modeled on the Sacred Band of Thebes. She created, orchestrated, and edited the Bangsian fantasy series Heroes in Hell, writing stories for the series as well as co-writing the related novel, The Little Helliad, with Chris Morris. Most of her fiction work has been in the fantasy and science fiction genres, although she has also written historical and other novels. Morris has written, contributed to, or edited several book-length works of non-fiction, as well as papers and articles on nonlethal weapons, developmental military technology and other defense and national security topics.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sacred Bander Nikodemos shines in his own novel, May 1, 2010

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altos (KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: City At The Edge Of Time (Beyond Sanctuary) (Paperback)

I have followed the Sacred Band of Stepsons since their insertion into Thieves World, and Nikodemos has always been one of my favorite characters.

This is not a Thieves' World novel: it doesn't take place in Sanctuary and it isn't dark. It is a Sacred Band of Stepsons novel, but it focuses on Nikodemos, not the whole Band. This novel is the lightest of the Sacred Band of Stepsons novels. Nikodemos, the secular adept from Bandara, is separated from the Sacred Band until the end of the story.

But what a story: the Stepson faces temptations undreamed in a mystical realm where every dream can come true, but at what price? Niko falls from the sky into the City at the Edge of Time, an immortal place that time has passed by. There are gods and sorcery, of course, and treachery and love and death: it's a Janet Morris and Chris Morris novel, after all.

IF you love Niko and can't get enough, this book is for you. If you want to get a taste of what the Sacred Band of Stepsons is about, this a good place to dive in, but keep in mind that, for the Morrises, this a sweet and ethereal novel. In it, the reader delves deep into Nikodemos's soul and his mystery of mastery over mind and body.

Alone and facing an offer of eternal life and ease, the best of Tempus's Stepsons faces a test that challenges all his beliefs and all his goals.... There's a princess who wants to wed him, a god who wants his allegiance, and a battle with sorcery that nearly overtakes him completely. Fail, and he dies. Succeed, and he can live forever. But there's a catch....

So far away from Thieves' World that no one has ever heard of Sanctuary, Tempus's partner makes choices that will haunt him for the rest of his days. A turning point in the series, this story has a bittersweet ending that will leave you breathless.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the Sacred Band of Stepsons in his own novel, April 14, 2010

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polemarch "lokhos" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: City At The Edge Of Time (Beyond Sanctuary) (Paperback)

The City at the Edge of Time centers on Nikodemos,secular adept and Tempus's warrior- monk, in his own novel. Separated from the Sacred Band of Stepsons, Niko falls in a rain of fish into the City at the Edge of Time. Only by becoming an avatar of the Storm God can Niko survive the test waiting for him. And of course, there's a young girl who's hoping to keep the Stepson for her very own. And a web of sorcery to destroy. Mythic and at times Homeric, this is one of the Sacred Band of Stepsons novels that can be read on its own, without reading any of the others. Highly recommended.