Gods in Darkness: The Complete Novels of Kane Tapa dura - 2002

San Francico and Portland: Nightshade Books, 2002. Hard Back. Fine/Fine. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2. 520 Pages. No defects to this As New book. Dust jacket has been protected with vinyl covering since purchase. Interior text pages are flawless. The Gods in Darkness is the companion volume to Midnight Sun, and collects the Complete Novels of Kane. This Omnibus includes Bloodstone, Dark Crusade and Darkness Weaves. The immortal Kane is cursed to wander the Earth until he is destroyed by the violence that he himself has created. A warrior and statesman: As comfortable in the shadowy halls of courtly intrigue as he is on the bloody battlefields where those intrigue's inevitably play themselves out. Karl Edward Wagner's complex and compelling character of Kane redefines the boundaries of heroic fantasy, and stands beside Michael Moorcock's Elric, and Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and Gray Mouser as one of the most idiosyncratic and compelling characters of the fantasy genre. Endpapers are illustrated with map.

Night Shade Books, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover, standard size (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches). Near Fine/Near Fine. Used Collecting in hardcover for the first time: Bloodstone, Dark Crusade, and Darkness Weaves First printing with first state dust jacket (author’s last name misspelled on rear flap of dust jacket).

Night Shade Books: CA, 2002. First edition (& 1st dustjacket state). Hardcover. Omnibus edition of his three early sword and sorcery paperback original Kane novels, DARK CRUSADE, DARKNESS WEAVES and BLOODSTONE: first hardcover edition of all three. Note: this copy has the first issue dustjacket (quickly pulped and printed correctly when the error was noticed) which misspells the author's name as ''Karl Edward Wanger'' on the rear inner flap. This copy also has the limitation sheet for the limited edition laid in (though this copy is NOT the limited/slipcased) signed by artist Ken Kelly. Fine copy in fine (1st state "Wanger") dustjacket (as new).

Night Shade, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Ed. First trade ed. Fine/Fine condition. Includes: Bloodstone, Dark Crusade and Darkness Weaves..