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Bearing an Hourglass

Pages
384
Published
1984
Language
English

Synopsis

Norton finds his life without purpose until he accepts a unique role: the Incarnation of Time. This new position throws him into a world alongside Death, Fate, War, and Nature, but a cunning trap set by Satan threatens to disrupt everything. Piers Anthony delivers a richly imagined tale that explores the nature of good and evil within a fantastical setting.

About the author

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Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony was born in Oxford, England, on 6 August 1934. His family immigrated to the United States when he was young. He graduated from Goddard College in Vermont in 1956, the year he married Carol Marble. He served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1959, working as an editor and cartoonist for the Battalion newspaper, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1958. He left the army in 1959, taught public school briefly, and then became a full-time writer. He and Carol Marble lived for many year...

Characters

NortonProtagonist
Madam SatanAntagonist
Lady DeathSupporting
FateSupporting
WarSupporting
All characters in Bearing an Hourglass