JACK
VANCE
THE DYING EARTH – THE DYING EARTH#1
Translation Thomas Mastakouris
Millions of years have passed and the Earth has grown old. Its high mountains have been eroded and its rivers now flow sluggishly among strange trees with dark foliage. The red sun casts only a dull light, while the nights are dark, the moon having long since disappeared from the firmament.
Weird creatures roam the wastelands of the world and the few humans live in small isolated communities, fatalistically waiting for the moment when the sun will go out, plunging the world into the last eternal winter. Magic lives again, and its few wielders can change nature itself. A spell, properly cast, can bring forth a demon from the darkness of infinity or create a creature of indescribable beauty.
Enter the world of Dying Earth, created by the great author Jack Vance! Forget everything you’ve ever known about Heroic Fantasy and immerse yourself in a world out of man’s wildest dreams and most terrible nightmares.
