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Past Imperative

The Great Game #1 / 3
by Dave Duncan
Past Imperative (The Great Game #1) by Dave Duncan
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In a world on the brink of madness...

In the summer of 1914, a young man beyond eeproach awakens under police guard – grievously injured and accused of heinous, impossible murder.

And in a strange, distant place...

The youngest member of a penniless acting troupe has been taken prisoner by the loyal minions of a corrupt, vengeful goddess. For an ancient prophecy has divided the realm's ruling Deities into warring factions – a prophecy that mentions the crippled captive child... and a youth recovering from inexplicable wounds in a British hospital bed.

The Game weaves through worlds and dimensions as it has since time immemorial – a deadly contest of skill and manipulations that ruthlessly creates wizards, destroys human pawns... and transforms ordinary men, women and children into something more.


THE GREAT GAME OF GODS IS AFOOT.

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Fantasy
Release date: 1995

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Dave Duncan

David John Duncan (1933-2018) was an award-winning Scottish Canadian fantasy and science fiction author.

Duncan was a prolific writer and penned over fifty books. His sixth book, West of January, won the 1990 Aurora award, an award he would win again in 2007 for Children of Chaos. He was a member of SF Canada and in 2015 he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Dave Duncan has written three books under the pseudonym of Ken Hood and one book under the pseudonym of Sarah B. Franklin.

The Great Game

The Great Game consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Past Imperative (The Great Game #1)
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Present Tense (The Great Game #2)
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Future Indefinite (The Great Game #3)
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