A Handful of Men Series by Dave Duncan

3.98 · 44 ratings
  • The Cutting Edge (A Handful of Men #1)
    #1

    The Cutting Edge (A Handful of Men #1)

    Dave Duncan

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1992

    Beautiful Queen Inos married the loyal stableboy Rap and made him her king. They were very much in love, and they lived happily ever after.Fifteen years went by Rap and Inos were comfortable, secure, and truly happy, raising their family in the little backwater kingdom of Krasnegar, well removed from the hurly-burly of great affairs...But in far-off Hub, the old Imperor's health -- and, some said, his sanity -- deteriorated inexorably... more

  • Upland Outlaws (A Handful of Men #2)
    #2

    Upland Outlaws (A Handful of Men #2)

    Dave Duncan

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1992

    Come the millennium…The Impire should have been in turmoil. The Protocal that kept tenuous peace among Pandemia’s sorcerers had been overturned. The rightful imperor had been driven from his throne by the power-mad dwarf-sorcerer, Zinixo. And the millennium was grinding inexorably to a cataclysmic close.But life proceeded with a smooth efficiency that argued years of planning. For Zinixo had spent a long time plotting his revenge... more

  • The Stricken Field (A Handful of Men #3)
    #3

    The Stricken Field (A Handful of Men #3)

    Dave Duncan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1993

    A king resists a sorcerer’s rule over the Impire in this fantasy series from the Aurora Award–winning author of the Man of His Word novels. Paranoid but almighty, the sorcerer Xinixo had seized control of the Impire. But ruling the imps and most of the world was not enough. He would never feel safe until he was universally loved, so he would smash everything and then rebuild the whole world in his own insane image... more

  • The Living God (A Handful of Men #4)
    #4

    The Living God (A Handful of Men #4)

    Dave Duncan

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1992

    War had engulfed the whole world. The imposter imperor ruling in Hub was the tool of the paranoid and almighty sorcerer Xinixo, who wielded the combined power of thousands of sorcerer slaves. And yet, despite his seeming omnipotence, the pathetic few who resisted him were still at liberty, even making a little progress. Xinixo’s prime foe, Rap of Krasnegar, had rallied troll sorcerers to the cause and was about to try enlisting the incomprehensible elves... more

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