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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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 ...