Description: "The Face" and "The Book of Dreams" are the final two books in the classic Demon Prince series from one of science fiction's master storytellers. The Demon Princes are a race of beings who disguise themselves as humans and delight in power and destruction. To Kirth Gersen, however, they are merely murderers who killed his family and destroyed his home planet. Three have already fallen at Kirth's hand--but there are two more Princes to go.
Brief description:
Jack Vance, born John Holbrook Vance in 1916, was one of the greatest masters of fantasy and science fiction. He was the winner of many awards for his work and career: the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. Among his awards for particular works were the Hugo award in 1963 for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This is Me, Jack Vance! He won a Nebula Award in 1966 for The Last Castle. He won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc. He also won an Edgar for the best first mystery novel in 1961 for The Man in the Cage. Vance published more than 60 books in his career, sometimes under pseudonyms. Among them were eleven mystery novels, three of them as Ellery Queen. He wrote some of the first, and perhaps best, examples of "planetary adventures", including a novel called Big Planet. His "Dying Earth" series were among the most influential fantasy novels ever written, inspiring both generations of writers, and the creators of Dungeons and Dragons.
Vance's series from Tor include The Demon Princes, The Cadwal Chronicles, The Dying Earth, The Planet of Adventure, and Alastor. Vance's last novels were a series of two: Ports of Call and Lurulu.
Jack Vance was a sailor, a writer, an adventurer, a music critic, and a raconteur. He died in May 2013.
Review Quotes:
"Jack Vance is one of the truly important science fiction writers of our day." --Los Angeles Times Book review
"Vance's descriptive eye is sharp, and his ear for the language is close to infallible." --New York Newsday "(Vance has) a velvety elegance that rivals John Gielgud reciting poetry....One of the treasures of science fiction." --Washington Post Book World