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Present Tense

The Great Game #2 / 3
by Dave Duncan
Present Tense (The Great Game #2) by Dave Duncan
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A masterful world-builder and award-winning fantasist nonpareil, Dave Duncan carries us through the hidden portals that link two war-wounded worlds... into a miraculous realm where mortals become gods.

THE GREAT GAME IS AFOOT!

In the midst of the horror of the first World War, a stranger falls from nowhere into the mud and death of the Flanders battlefield – bruised, babbling, and star naked... with a remarkable story to tell.

Wrongly accused murderer Edward Exeter has reappeared on this Earth bearing scars and secrets from somewhere he calls Nextdoor – a place of godly intrigues and an ancient prophecy that he wants no part of. But powerful forces on both sides of a mystical border have other plans for the young fugitive. And now, in the company of loyal comrades, he must flee murderous pursuers from two separate worlds. But there is no escape from his destiny. For Exeter has obligations to the past and the future that must be met... if myriad civilizations are to survive.

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Release date: 1996

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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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