- Paperback: 220 pages
- Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC.; Reprint edition (19 Jan 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1601251823
- ISBN-13: 978-1601251824
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,403,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Alp, a 9th century Turkish war-chieftain, is whisked away from his tribe and his era at the moment of his death, and finds himself in 2332. This future is ruled by humans called the Galactics who preside over a live-action game where the participants can actually die. Against his will, Alp is forced to fight once more.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
science fiction Steppe history [no spoilers]
10 May 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Alp, a great warrior of the Steppe, is unwillingly snatched at an opportune moment to the future of 2332 where history is reenacted in an intergalactic game to educate and entertain enthusiasts about the great nomadic tribes of the Asian empire. Alp must participate and hopes his knowledge of the accounts, people, and strategies of the era might help him score high enough to survive afterwards.
From what I gather, the book is based on factual events of Asian history. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the education of the time period. The transition of past to future geography and technology is well thought out. The story moves extremely fast and can be mildly tricky to follow when the history lessons happen. Good action story combined with romance and suspense make "Steppe" an enjoyable read.
Thank you.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Historic Magic!!!!!
4 April 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is easily findable at used book stores so don't worry about finding it here on amazon. Never before or probably again will I read a book quite like this one. This book is real world history intricatly and intelligently weaved into a future landscape. It cannot be fully explained just how well done this book is. Even if you don't like science fiction and you don't like history. You will still marvel at the skill involved in this book. You will laugh at yourself because you will feel as if you've been tricked into reading a history lesson. But it feels nothing like that. This book is where Anthony truly shines because it took intelligence and a great artistic mind to write this novel. This book is Great!!!!!!!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Steppe By Piers Anthony
24 Oct 2000
Format:Paperback
This is one of my favorite books because after I finnished it and read the end notes I was facinated with the background. This is a sci-fi recreation of a historical figures life. Just a caution don't try to find out ahead of time who it is just read and then try to see if you can figure out who just from the story (it is accurate in a strange way). This is also a great way to get people who like sci-fi into history or to get a history buff into sci-fi.
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