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The Death of the Necromancer was a finalist for the 1999 Nebula Award for Best Novel. [1] Kirkus Reviews considered it to be "thoroughly engaging", with "splendid plotting and characters and agreeably varied magics".
- Martha Wells
- 359 (Hardcover)
- 1998
- 1998
Jul 1, 1998 · Montesq orchestrated the wrongful execution of Nicholas's beloved godfather on false charges of necromancy--the art of divination through communion with spirits of the dead--a practice long outlawed in the kingdom of Ile-Rein. But now Nicholas's murderous mission is being interrupted by a series of eerie, unexplainable, even fatal events.
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- Mass Market Paperback
Jul 1, 1999 · The Death of the Necromancer is a tale of revenge, magic and thievery set in a fantastical version of the Victorian era. The story stars Nicholas Valiarde, a somewhat honorable criminal mastermind who has a vendetta with a local noble who wronged, and possibly murdered, his father.
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- Paperback
- Martha Wells
The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells. Nicholas Valiarde is a man obsessed. Expertly assisted by a coterie of talented yet honorable thieves, he’s all but completed his master plan of revenge against Count Montesq, a corrupt nobleman who orchestrated the execution of Nicholas’s foster father on the basis of a false charge of necromancy.
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Sinister forces are at work in Ile-Rien. Citizens have gone missing, corpses have turned up vivisected, bones have washed up in the sewer gates. All the evidence points to a necromancer at work, very probably someone with access to the books of the infamous Constant Macob, believed dead for over 200 years.
- Martha Wells
- 09/30/2013
- 2940.2B
- Tantor Audio
Praiser for The Death of the Necromancer: "A seamless blend of fantasy, history, magic and mystery. This is the kind of world that you come to believe exists, somewhere; a place you leave only reluctantly." – Sean Russell "The vivid setting of a gas-lit city, equal parts decadence and elegance, would eclipse lesser characters than these.
Feb 27, 2024 · The Death of the Necromancer. Nicholas Valiarde is a passionate, embittered nobleman and the greatest thief in all of Ile-Rien. On the gaslight streets of the city, Nicholas assumes the guise of a master criminal, stealing jewels from wealthy nobles to finance his quest for a long-pursued vengeance. But Nicholas's murderous mission is being ...
