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The Throne of Madness
(1983)Chronicles of the High Inquest
(The second book in the Inquestor series)
A novel by Somtow Sucharitkul (S P Somtow)
Somtow’s far-flung galactic civilization is a creation to rival
Silverberg’s Majipoor or Herbert’s Dune. It is a
universe with its own language and exotic customs,
vividly etched characters and rich history that spans
thousands of worlds and tens of thousands of years.
The godlike Inquestors of the High Inquest had forsaken
all htat made them human. But one young Inquestor
rediscovered the power of compassion and hastened
the end of their ancient, starflung empire....
“In a prose that evokes the spirited imagination of the
symbolist painters and poets, Somtow postulates a
complex universe of immense scope ... upholds the
author’s place as one of SF’s formidable talents.”
– Publishers Weekly
Genre: Science Fiction
Silverberg’s Majipoor or Herbert’s Dune. It is a
universe with its own language and exotic customs,
vividly etched characters and rich history that spans
thousands of worlds and tens of thousands of years.
The godlike Inquestors of the High Inquest had forsaken
all htat made them human. But one young Inquestor
rediscovered the power of compassion and hastened
the end of their ancient, starflung empire....
“In a prose that evokes the spirited imagination of the
symbolist painters and poets, Somtow postulates a
complex universe of immense scope ... upholds the
author’s place as one of SF’s formidable talents.”
– Publishers Weekly
Genre: Science Fiction
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