num_pages: 297
description: This was a world where both science and magic worked and where magic carpets competed in the market with shiny new cars. Here the Incarnations of Death, Time, Fate, War, and Nature were real beings, caught up in a continuing effort to defeat the wiles of Satan.Mym was a prince of a province in a still-divided India, where the Rajahs ruled absolutely. Mym was a dutiful son, but the third time the Rajah interfered in his love life was too much. Rather than give in to the Rajah’s plans to have him wed, he agreed to assume the office of the Incarnation of War and wield the Red Sword that was the powerful symbol of the position.For a time, he was reasonably happy, believing that his efforts in the constant petty wars on Earth could ameliorate some of the injustice and suffering. But gradually he became aware that behind all his involvement were clever traps of Satan, designed to lead him astray.When he sought to move against one of Satan’s plans, what seemed to be mischance placed him in Hell. Mym accepted the challenge and saw in it a chance to defeat the Father of Lies. Working in secret, he organized a great rebellion among the Damned. And Satan seemed to capitulate.But free again, Mym soon learned that the episode had been only another snare of Satan. His apparent triumph in Hell had been a chance for Satan to stir up troubles, riots, and devastating wars on Earth, without the Incarnation of War to control them.Now it seemed that things had gone too far for control and that Satan must surely win. There was only one desperate chance…
language: English
title: Wielding a Red Sword
titlecomplete: Wielding a Red Sword (Incarnations of Immortality, #4)
characters: Pride of the Kingdom, Rapture of Malachite, Orb Kaftan
genres: Science Fiction, Mythology, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Magic, Urban Fantasy, War, Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal
ratings_count: 19330
series: Incarnations of Immortality
publisher: Del Rey