Wielding a Red Sword (Incarnations of Immortality) | Piers Anthony

Wielding a Red Sword (Incarnations of Immortality) | Piers Anthony | Good, solid read

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	Wielding a Red Sword (Incarnations of Immortality) Piers Anthony Del Rey, 1987 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Mym was a dutiful son, but rather than agree to his father's choice for his marriage, he took up the Red Sword, symbol of office of the Incarnation of War, in order to ameliorate some of the suffering caused by Earth's constant petty wars. But Mym discovered that Satan was waiting to trap him, and he must now take desperate measures to outwit the evil genius who aimed to destroy the world....

another great story in the series

I think this book was the most spell bonding of the series so far. Book 1 was great and I still like it the best, but this story just made you want to read it and not put the book down until the end. Hope the remaining ones are as good.

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Good, solid read

Not the best in this series, but still very good at 4/5 stars. Some books in this series were bound to be better than others but it's all good, and this book does not disappoint even if it's a bit repetitive in some parts. However, the philosophical discussions between Mars and Satan are to be considered and thought about, since they raised some excellent points (and I became more appreciative of this book after reading 'For Love of Evil')

The backstory is getting monotonous...

I like the plots of each of the Incarnations of Immortality books, and this one is no exception, but by this point in the series the formulaic nature of each plot is becoming apparent:

1. Protagonist falls in love.
2. Protagonist and love are separated by circumstance (arranged by Satan).
3. Loss of love leads protagonist to become an Incarnation.
4. Protagonist meets second love, forgets about the first.
5. Satan tempts protagonist, gullible protagonist walks right into his trap.
6. Satan sets up an impending disaster on earth.
7. Other Incarnation(s) show the protagonist how to use his/her power.
8. Protagonist uses unique power to make a desperate but successful bid to stop Satan.

Despite this general structure, the details do make for an interesting story, full of intrigue and plot twists. Piers Anthony has a particular talent for character development, and each character's unique background, personality, and talents contribute to that character's role in the story and to the overall movement of the plot. Often details that seem to have no consequence in the beginning of the story come back to hit the characters full in the face later.

Nevertheless, the limited amount of variation between books puts a limit on the length of this series. Will I have the patience to make it through?

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Not Free SF Reader

War is necessary, someone has to be in charge.

The fourth Piers Anthony book in the Incarnations series is perhaps a little different in tone, given that wars are not all that fun, so if you are in charge of them and aren't the Evil gloating supervillain Ares type that Wonder Woman and Xena have to deal with and maybe beat up at various intervals throughout their history.

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