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The (Compleat) Traveller in Black (Gateway Essentials Book 29) Kindle Edition
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The time was the unguessably remote past - or perhaps the distant future. Throughout the universe, Chaos ruled. Scientific laws of cause and effect held no force; men could not know from one day to the next what to expect from their labours, and even hope seemed foolish.
In this universe there was one man to whom had been entrusted the task of bringing reason and order out of Chaos. He was a quiet man dressed in black who carried a staff made of light, and wherever he went the powers of Chaos swirled around him, buffeted him, tested him. He fought them, and little by little he drove them back.
But the Traveller in Black himself belonged to the anti-science universe. If he succeeded in his task of changing the order of the cosmos, could he continue to live?
(First published 1971)
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherGateway
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Publication date29 Sept. 2011
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File size1124 KB
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- ASIN : B005OAIC2O
- Publisher : Gateway (29 Sept. 2011)
- Language : English
- File size : 1124 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 192 pages
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In fact its a little difficult to put into words just how readable this book is, a deceptively simple tale of a order versus chaos in a world evolving away from the later, its immensely engaging and witty.
Characterisation is brilliant, pace perfect and all accomplished with a wonderful economy of words. There is just the right amount of elaboration, framing and scene setting, brief descriptions of character, landscape and setting are achieved without any feeling that anything is lacking in depth or feeling. I was surprised how when almost incidential characters met with darkly comic consequences or fate that it provoked sympathy or sentiment from me the reader.
The central character exhibits a kind of heart warming world weariness and stoicism, I was sorry when I reached the end of the book. I can heartily recommend this book to everyone, it deserves to reach a wide readership beyond the fans of the fantasy genre. I hunted this book out following my reading of Tales Of The Dying Earth (Fantasy Masterworks) and Three Hearts & Three Lions (Fantasy Masterworks) , its a lot more like the second and if you liked that book you'll love this one.
Really enjoyed reading it again.
I had despaired of seeing this again when I found it in the Kindle Store.
It's hard to convey the flavour of this book, it really is unlike anything else your likely to read in the genre. So then: a great book, one of the best fantasy books you're ever likely to read....and not a Dark Lord, elf or dwarf in sight.






