The Anome

By (author): "Jack Vance"
Publish Date: 1971
The Anome
ISBN0440004411
ISBN139780440004417
AsinThe Anome
Original titleThe Anome (Durdane: Book #1)
SeriesDurdane #1
DURDANE THE IMPRISONEDA world of strange ways and stranger people. A land where men and women are marked for life. Where they are bound to irrevocable destinies by the proclamations of the Faceless Man-an unseen power which terrorises and controls the world.Durdane is a place where defiance is punished with death. But this kingdom of myriad mystery and incalculable peril is now threatened by a menace from without-the dreaded Rogushkoi. And only one youth, Gastel Etzwane, dares to challenge the unchallengeable, the power of the Faceless Man, in an extraordinary struggle for mastery and for the survival of Durdane...