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Jack of Shadows is a science fantasy novel by American author Roger Zelazny. It was serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1971 and published in book form that same year.
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- Roger Zelazny
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- Walker and Company
1 ago 1972 · Roger Zelazny. Shadowjack walks in silence and in shadows to seek vengeance upon his enemies. Who are his foes? All who would despise him or love the Lord of Smage of the Jackass Ears, the Colonel Who Never Died, the Borshin, and Quazer, winner of the Hellgames and abductor of the voluptuous Evene.
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- Roger Zelazny
25 ott 2012 · Jack of Shadows, or “Shadowjack” as he is sometimes called, is a unique individual in that his magical powers are available to him wherever he goes, anytime he is in shadow or twilight, but not in either total light or total darkness.
20 mag 2022 · Jack of Shadows, Shadowjack. Say his name in shadow, and he will hear it. Shadows are his realm, his kingdom, the source of his power. And Jack himself is a Power, one of the many beings infused with uncanny magic that rule the darkside of the world like petty pagan gods.
7 apr 2024 · Jack of Shadows is set on a tidally locked earth. Whether that occurred naturally or supernaturally is left unstated, though a supernatural origin is hinted at. The dark side is the realm of magic and generally evil or morally equivocal creatures.
Roger Zelazny's fantasy, Jack of Shadows, is a gray, bleak, and generally unpleasant novel. The characters are flat, with even the protagonist scarcely able to stir more than ripples of empathy.
Jack, of the realm of shadows, is a thief who is unjustly punished. So he embarks on a vendetta. He wanders through strange realms, encountering witches, vampires, and, finally, his...
