Tempus Unbound [Paperback]

Chris Morris (Author), Janet Morris (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Baen (November 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671698524
• ISBN-13: 978-0671698522
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.6 x 3.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,374,492 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.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A keeper, May 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Tempus Unbound (Paperback)

A very good book. The charater Tempus has been one of my favorites since the first Thieve's World book I ever read, and he has evolved much since then. I like the way this story evolved and beleive the ending will please any fan of Tempus.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tempus takes Manhattan, April 22, 2010

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altos (KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tempus Unbound (Paperback)

"Tempus Unbound" takes the Sacred Band's commander to New York and Kansas at the end of the 20th Century, and beyond to mystic Lemuria in search of his sister-in-arms. If you've never read any Tempus stories or novels, be warned: he is an immortalized warrior-philosopher, a combat commander and veteran of too many bloody wars with a god that lives in his head and very hard-edged sense of heroism and honor. Tempus books are not for the squeamish.

Alone, he has everything to lose in this battle with his ancient enemies. This is the sixth in the Sacred Band of Stepsons series but stands on its own amazingly well. Tempus travels into contemporary realms of the recent past and even into the future. Seeing our world through his eyes is a treat. Adventure unlike any other.

Science fiction and fantasy, myth and history mix in this novel as Tempus fights to save his beloved and wins a prize greater than he could have dreamed. Moving through history with Tempus in his own novel allows the reader deeper into the mind of this fascinating character than ever before.

Highly recommended.