Dark Crusade [Paperback]

Karl Edward Wagner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1976

USED. PB in acceptable to good condition. Wear to covers/edges. Yellowing to inside pages. L118

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Warner Books; First Thus edition (1976)
• ISBN-10: 0446900214
• ISBN-13: 978-0446900218
• ASIN: 0446881546
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,198,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely a collectors item., May 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Dark Crusade (Mass Market Paperback)

Without doubt, Kane is the most compelling and enigmatic hero/antihero ever. Scholar, sorceror and warrior, Kane wanders the ages manipulating entire kingdoms and races for his amusement.

Cursed with immortality, the only remedy to alleviate infinte boredom is court intrigue and conquest.

Karl Edward Wagner has created a character of striking contrasts in a world of medieval beauty and gothic horror.

I first read this book in 1977 and haven't tired of rereading it since. Kane makes all other rugged heros and barbarians look like flower pressing dandies.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good as Howard, spookier than King & as heavy as Pink Floyd, February 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Dark Crusade (Mass Market Paperback)

Wagner's writing is so powerful that you are drawn into Kane's world so deeply that it seems you are on the battlefield in a mystical realm in a time before time...He's my favorite anti-hero.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!!, June 24, 2002

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This review is from: Dark Crusade (Mass Market Paperback)

The pace is fast but with enough details to let you get into the characters.

My only complaint (if you can call it as one) is that you MUST read the next book because this story does not resolve itself or the characters.

Powerful characters and a lot of mystery surrounding the character Kane.

Looking forward to reading the rest of the story!!