Name: Heroes Die: A Fantasy Novel (The Acts of Caine)
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Author: Matthew Stover
ISBN: 9780345421456

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Heroes Die: A Fantasy Novel (The Acts of Caine)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Matthew Stover

Publisher

Delrey Trade

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

560

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0345421450

ISBN13

9780345421456

Synopsis "Heroes Die: A Fantasy Novel (The Acts of Caine) "

A man shouldn’t die with no understanding of why he’s been murderedRenowned throughout the land of Ankhana as the Blade of Tyshalle, Caine has killed his share of monarchs and commoners, villains and heroes. He is relentless, unstoppable, simply the best there is at what he does.At home on Earth, Caine is Hari Michaelson, a superstar whose adventures in Ankhana command an audience of billions. Yet he is shackled by a rigid caste society, bound to ignore the grim fact that he kills men on a far-off world for the entertainment of his own planet—and bound to keep his rage in check.But now Michaelson has crossed the line. His estranged wife, Pallas Rill, has mysteriously disappeared in the slums of Ankhana. To save her, he must confront the greatest challenge of his life: a lethal game of cat and mouse with the most treacherous rulers of two worlds . . .

Matthew Stover

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Matthew Woodring Stover is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. He is perhaps best known for his Star Wars novels: Traitor, Shatterpoint, Revenge of the Sith, and Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor. He has also published several original works, such as Heroes Die, which Stover described as "a piece of violent entertainment that is a meditation on violent entertainment." His work often emphasizes moral ambiguity, psychological verisimilitude, and bursts of intense violence.

Stover has a deep interest in various forms of martial arts, having trained in the Degerberg Blend, a concept based on Bruce Lee's idea of Jeet Kune Do.

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