Deathstalker Return

by
Simon R. Green

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Synopsis of Deathstalker Return

The gory glory days of Owen Deathstalker are long gone and the Empire is revelling in a new Golden Age, a time of hope and celebration for mankind. At court and council meetings, a chair is always left open for Owen who, it is said, will return to the Empire in the time of its greatest need. Now there's a new king, Douglas, affianced to Jessamine Flowers, the beautiful and beloved opera star, and there's also a new champion: Lewis Deathstalker, a distant cousin who knows that it's little more than a name he shares with the legendary Owen. And just when everything looks like it should be a Happy Ever After sort of story, things start to go pear shaped: the Champion falls in love with the Queen to be, the Esper Liberation Front decides talentless mankind should be wiped out in various sordid, unpleasant and graphic ways and the only way to save humanity is to find Owen . . . . . . but Owen Deathstalker's been missing, presumed dead, for years, and the only way out of this mess is to play with Time: and that always leads to trouble. The sequel to Deathstalker Legacy is a breathtaking, wild ride through a universe peopled with unfortgettably evil characters and ever hopeful heroes, all