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On a Pale Horse

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In this first novel of the Incarnations of Immortality, Piers Anthony combines a gripping story of romance and conflicting loyalties with a deeply moving examination of the meaning of life and death. This is a novel that will long linger in the reader's mind. 
Shooting Death was a mistake, as Zane soon discovered. For the man who killed the Incarnation of Death was immediately forced to assume the vacant position! Thereafter, he must speed over the world, riding his pale horse, and ending the lives of others. 
Zane was forced to accept his unwelcome task, despite the rules that seemed woefully unfair. But then he found himself being drawn into an evil plot of Satan. Already the prince of Evil was forging a trap in which Zane must act to destroy Luna, the woman he loved.
He could see only one possible way to defeat the Father of Lies. It was unthinkable—but he had no other solution!
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    • Library Journal

      March 2, 2009
      Many readers pick up Anthony, the author of approximately one zillion books, without realizing he is a series hound (notably, the Xanth books). Horse is the first in the enjoyable "Incarnations of Immortality" stories in which our hero Zane manages to kill Death just moments before his own suicide. Little does he know, however, that in doing so he must assume the "office" himself, becoming Death Incarnate. (Dude factors: it's a pretty boss job; one perk is his horse, which can change into a muscle car.) As such, his job is to collect and weigh souls and help them reach heaven or hell. While this is interesting in and of itself, Death also interacts with other "Incarnates" (e.g., Time, War, Fate), gets to know his powers and place in the cosmic scheme, and just happens to fall in love and save the world. Each series entry centers on one Incarnate, and the various plots follow the cosmic destabilizations created by new "people" in the different offices and their shifted allegiances. In Horse, for example, they band together to ruin careful arrangements Satan has made to gain overall dominion, while in the sixth book, For Love of Evil, Satan is the hero saving the day. The fifth book, Being a Green Mother, is comparatively weak, but on the whole Anthony restrains his tendencies toward wordplay and uses logic to strengthen rather than dull the plots.

      Copyright 2009 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • ATOS Level:6
  • Lexile® Measure:780
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-5

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