When the fearsome Epicene threatens to realease the deadly Last Humans and destroy the universe, Jack, the King's Tramp, must catch the Mage of Four and prevent disaster. Reprint.
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This second installment in De Haven's trilogy sustains the excitement begun in Walker of Worlds . The Epicene, an apocalyptic mud monster, threatens to mature and tear its way into the fourth "moment," or universe, thus releasing the deadly Last Humans. The survival of the three known moments hangs in the balance. A small group from Kemolo (the moment in which PW readers reside) travels throughout Lostwithal (a moment in which people eat the insides of beetles as narcotics). Peter Musik, journalist from Kemolo, searches for his new love, Money Campbell--she's been captured by the art-prince, who hideously transforms her as he paints. Jere Lee, a homeless woman, courts Master Squintik, Cold Mage and possible savior of the universe. While herky-jerky jumps and cliffhanger chapter endings are at times irritating, the complex plot never bogs down. Masterful comic relief and pacing, as well as strangely appealing characters, such as an albino midget in an Hawaiian shirt who occupies a game room in his "landlord's" subconscious, lift the tale above the usual. New readers should plunge right in--an assortment of plot devices entertainingly recap the first book.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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A bag lady, a journalist, a college student-turned-call girl, and an ex-chauffeur follow the call of Jack the Walker into another world where an evil wizard and a child of mud threaten the existence of all the worlds unless the right people find a way to stop them. Continuing the story begun in Walker of Worlds ( LJ 5/15/90), De Haven's latest foray into fantasy displays the same highly charged prose and genuine compassion for life's losers. Although not for fantasy purists, this exuberant modern fairy tale belongs in most libraries.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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IN THE GREEN ROOM (whose walls are canary yellow), a makeup lady wearing a cop-show fedora with lilacs in the hatband keeps flitting around my chair, smearing my face with thick beige goop. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
poor head whirls, schema board, mud monster, good mage, turret room, puzzle board, false heart, big banana, dot dot dot, black lake Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jere Lee, Gene Boman, Peter Musik, Uncle Milty, Frank Luks, Herb Dierickx, Abounding Woman, Master Squintik, Money Campbell, Mage of Four, Manse Seloc, Perfect Order, Phil Donahue, Isle of Mites, Walker's Noise, Merry Spacemen, Last Humans, Prime Minister, King's Tramp, Red Guardsman, Cold Mage, Dean Broumas, Major Forell, Miss Campbell, Dark Mage New!
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IN THE GREEN ROOM (whose walls are canary yellow), a makeup lady wearing a cop-show fedora with lilacs in the hatband keeps flitting around my chair, smearing my face with thick beige goop. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
poor head whirls, schema board, mud monster, good mage, turret room, puzzle board, false heart, big banana, dot dot dot, black lake Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jere Lee, Gene Boman, Peter Musik, Uncle Milty, Frank Luks, Herb Dierickx, Abounding Woman, Master Squintik, Money Campbell, Mage of Four, Manse Seloc, Perfect Order, Phil Donahue, Isle of Mites, Walker's Noise, Merry Spacemen, Last Humans, Prime Minister, King's Tramp, Red Guardsman, Cold Mage, Dean Broumas, Major Forell, Miss Campbell, Dark Mage New!
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