Majipoor Chronicles (Majipoor Cycle, Bk. 2)

Majipoor Chronicles (Majipoor Cycle, Bk. 2) by Silverberg, Robert. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780877953593.

The national bestselling saga of Robert Silverbergs stunning imagination continues in the first new hardcover Majipoor novel in nearly a decade. As a prequel to Silverbergs earlier Majipoor novels. Majipoor Chronicles provides a deep, dark vision for the background of the conflict inLord Valentines Castle and Valentine Pontifex. Treachery and wizardry run rampant under the reign of the mighty Pontifex, as both the rightful and the unworthy heirs to the throne anxiously await his demise. Korsibar, son of the current Coronal, plots with his twin sister and ambitious companions to seize the power of the Coronal when his father ascends to the throne of the Pontifex. But the burdens of the crown and scepter exact more of a price than Korsibar is prepared to pay. His rival fights to take his appointed place as keeper of his beloved Majipoor...and to resbackse order to the utter chaos that has befallen their world. "Silverberg has created a big planet, chock-a-block with life and potential sbacksies." -- The Washing Post