Lewis Deathstalker abandoned his place as Paragon and Imperial Champion for the love of Jesmine Flowers, the King's intended. Both have been branded traitors to the Empire and are now traveling in more notorious cicles-- with immoral gladiator Rose Constantine, con man Brett Random, and alien reptiloid Saturday.
While Lewis is rooting out Finn Durandal, a real traitor to the Empire, he finds he has a greater threat to face. The Terror that was prophesied to destroy all Humanity is encroaching. Prophecy also dictates that the only one capable of stopping it is a legend who disappeared more than two hundred years ago-- Owen Deathstalker. Now Lewis and his companions embark on a quest to find Owen, who Lewis believes-- must believe-- isn't dead at all...
Take a journey through the Age of Heroes…
After falling in love with the king’s intended, Lewis Deathstalker is now exiled, an outlaw from the empire he faithfully served for so long. With Lewis out of the way, former, Paragon Finn Durandal, has led a silent coup to wrest control from the king and set himself up as the power behind the throne.
But Durandal is not the Empire’s biggest threat. The Terror that Owen Deathstalker prophesied nearly 200 years ago is almost upon them, and Owen is supposedly the only one who can save civilization from unspeakable horrors. Lewis, unwilling to believe that the galaxy’s savior is dead, sets off to the darkest reaches of the Galaxy to find his lost ancestor.
Lewis intends to retrace Owen’s footsteps and overturn every possible lead. But with Finn in control of the empire’s massive forces, he is outmanned and outgunned at every turn. Lewis must stay one step ahead of Finn’s ever-expanding reach if he has any hope of discovering Owen’s fate.
Deathstalker Return is the seventh book in the beloved New York Timesbestselling author Simon R. Green’s beloved space opera series.
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Lewis Deathstalker abandoned his place as Paragon and Imperial Champion for the love of Jesmine Flowers, the King's intended. Both have been branded traitors to the Empire and are now traveling in more notorious cicles-- with immoral gladiator Rose Constantine, con man Brett Random, and alien reptiloid Saturday.
While Lewis is rooting out Finn Durandal, a real traitor to the Empire, he finds he has a greater threat to face. The Terror that was prophesied to destroy all Humanity is encroaching. Prophecy also dictates that the only one capable of stopping it is a legend who disappeared more than two hundred years ago-- Owen Deathstalker. Now Lewis and his companions embark on a quest to find Owen, who Lewis believes-- must believe-- isn't dead at all...
Take a journey through the Age of Heroes…
After falling in love with the king’s intended, Lewis Deathstalker is now exiled, an outlaw from the empire he faithfully served for so long. With Lewis out of the way, former, Paragon Finn Durandal, has led a silent coup to wrest control from the king and set himself up as the power behind the throne.
But Durandal is not the Empire’s biggest threat. The Terror that Owen Deathstalker prophesied nearly 200 years ago is almost upon them, and Owen is supposedly the only one who can save civilization from unspeakable horrors. Lewis, unwilling to believe that the galaxy’s savior is dead, sets off to the darkest reaches of the Galaxy to find his lost ancestor.
Lewis intends to retrace Owen’s footsteps and overturn every possible lead. But with Finn in control of the empire’s massive forces, he is outmanned and outgunned at every turn. Lewis must stay one step ahead of Finn’s ever-expanding reach if he has any hope of discovering Owen’s fate.
Deathstalker Return is the seventh book in the beloved New York Timesbestselling author Simon R. Green’s beloved space opera series.
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From Publishers Weekly
Bestseller Green's latest overstuffed entry in his Deathstalker epic (after 2003's Deathstalker Legacy) tests our heroes to the limit as they seek the supposedly dead Owen Deathstalker, for they believe that only he can turn back the oncoming Terror, an evil and unstoppable force bent on destroying all the worlds in its path. Lewis Deathstalker, descendant of the Beloved Owen, on the lam with his renegade companions, runs into adventure after adventure as he seeks Owen on a variety of planets. Their archenemy, former Paragon Finn Durandal, dogs them every step of the way as he seizes power, overthrows King Douglas and dismantles the Golden Age that Owen helped create 200 years earlier. Others seek to overthrow the nasty Durandal, including the enigmatic robots of Shub, Douglas (who's not the broken man he appears to be), Paragon Emma Steel and Steel's unlikely ally, gun-toting girl reporter Nina Malapert. Green ably juggles elements of sword and sorcery, high fantasy, humorous quest and SF, with homages to authors such as Moorcock, Adams, Cordwainer Smith and Zelazny. Amazing coincidences, or the sudden appearance of powerful, supposedly long-dead heroes who give advice, save the day a few too many times, blunting the impact of the characters' actions, but it's a fun, twisty romp with surprises around every corner.
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From Booklist
Lewis Deathstalker's troubles are many, even if he is with the woman he loves, Jessamine Flowers. The problem is that she was King Douglas' intended, and that makes Deathstalker a traitor. It is Finn Durandal, nominally a Douglas ally, who is actually hatching the highest treason, and whom Douglas and Deathstalker (the Killer Ds) really have to worry about. Deathstalker's cohorts continue to be a charming con man, an immortal female gladiator, and a reptiloid named Saturday. They and Lewis constitute a tough bunch, but what will happen should Lewis' ancestor Owen Deathstalker, thought to have been dead for two centuries, return? But then, is there anything dire enough to necessitate his return? Tune in on the next Deathstalker volume for answers to those questions, but meanwhile have fun with this one. After all, reading even one Deathstalker leaves one feeling jollier than before, for the series continues to avoid the lapses of tone so common in humorous space opera and fantasy. Roland Green
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