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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.
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.
Author David Langford reviewed Being a Green Mother for White Dwarf, criticizing both the characters and the plotting. [4] Critic Andy Sawyer states that while the book explores difficult concepts, it also comes across as "an exercise in allegory by a writer whose prolific inventiveness overweighs any actual logic in his stories". [5]
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.
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 ...
The first incarnation was led by Agamemno and consisted of Lex Luthor, Black Manta, Catwoman, Chronos, Doctor Light, Felix Faust, Mister Element, Penguin, Sinestro, and Zoom. The second incarnation was the Injustice League International that consists of Cluemaster , Major Disaster , Clock King , Big Sir , Multi-Man , and the Mighty Bruce.
Much like Chronos, War has one major artifact, the Red Sword of his office. It allows him to travel, freeze local time, and represents his office much like Time's Hourglass, in that it cannot be lost or put aside. Like Death's Scythe, it is a magical weapon capable of cutting through any substance.
The David Clinton incarnation of Chronos appears in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) series Justice League Unlimited two-part episode "The Once and Future Thing", voiced by Peter MacNicol. [12] This version is a meek physics professor from the future era depicted in Batman Beyond who despite being ostracized by his peers for his theories on time ...