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On a Pale Horse is a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony, first published in 1983.It is the first of eight books in the Incarnations of Immortality series. The book focuses on Zane, a photographer about to commit suicide who instead kills Death and must assume his office.
Norton goes back in time to check out this young man, but after consulting with the other Incarnations, he is informed that this man is the current office holder of the Incarnation of Death (Thanatos—in other words, Zane, from the previous novel) and that it is Zane's attempted suicide that brought him to that position.
Incarnations of Immortality is an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony.The books each focus on one of eight supernatural "offices" (Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Evil, Good, and Night) in a fictional reality and history parallel to ours, with the exception that society has advanced both magic and modern technology.
Chronos Publishing AG is a book publishing company based in Zürich, Switzerland. [ 1 ] The company specialises in social history with notable publications such as studies of the Bergier commission in 2001 [ 2 ] and the Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein in 2013.
Kronos (UK: / ˈ k r oʊ n ɒ s /, US: / ˈ k r oʊ n oʊ s /) (also spelled as Chronos [1]) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jim Starlin, the character first appeared in Iron Man #55 (February 1972). [2] Kronos is a cosmic being who is the embodiment of time. [3] [4] He is the brother of ...
Evil is much like Death in its manner of transferring power, though with one major exception: It has a break-in period and accompanying test. One becomes the Incarnation of Evil by vanquishing the previous Incarnation, but after that there is a 30-day trial period, where the new Incarnation must learn the secret of controlling demons – namely, that mortals cannot control demons and the only ...
Time's Edge, the second book in The CHRONOS Files, appeared at #10 on the bestselling e-books list of the Wall Street Journal on October 30, 2014. [9]The Delphi Effect was a finalist for the 2018 International Thriller Writers Awards, [10] a 2017 Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Science Fiction, [11] and a 2017 Junior Library Guild selection.
The David Clinton version of Chronos first appeared in The Atom #3 and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane. [2] In 1974, Chronos was a founding member of the Injustice Gang. [3] The Walker Gabriel version of Chronos first appeared in Chronos #1 and was created by John Francis Moore and Paul Guinan.