Book 1

The Cutting Edge

by Dave Duncan

Published 1 September 1992
The Aurora Award-winning author of the Man of His Word novels returns to the magical realm of Pandemia with the first in his Handful of Men series.

For fifteen years, Queen Inos and King Rap-the former stable boy and secret sorcerer-have ruled Krasnegar wisely and happily, raising a...Read more

Book 2

Upland Outlaws

by Dave Duncan

Published 13 April 1993
A young imperor flees his own kingdom to escape an army of sorcerers in this "lively adventure" of a fantasy novel from the author of The Cutting Edge (Publishers Weekly).

The old imperor was dead at last. His popular soldier grandson, known as Shandie, had succeeded him ....Read more

Book 3

The Stricken Field

by Dave Duncan

Published 7 September 1993
A king resists a sorcerer's rule over the Impire in this fantasy series from the Aurora Award-winning author of the Man of His Word novels.

Paranoid but almighty, the sorcerer Xinixo had seized control of the Impire. But ruling the imps and most of the world was not...Read more

Book 4

The Living God

by Dave Duncan

Published 1 January 1900
War had engulfed the whole world. The imposter imperor ruling in Hub was the tool of the paranoid and almighty sorcerer Xinixo, who wielded the combined power of thousands of sorcerer slaves. And yet, despite his seeming omnipotence, the pathetic few who resisted him were still at liberty, even...Read more


A Handful of Men

by Dave Duncan

Published 11 July 2017