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Country United States Publisher Del Rey Books (USA) Media type Print (Paperback) Followed by Caine Black Knife ISBN 978-0-345-42144-9 | 4.1/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 3 April 2001 (USA) Originally published 3 April 2001 Preceded by Heroes Die Genre Fantasy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pages 736 pp (US paperback edition) Similar Matthew Stover books, Fantasy books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blade of Tyshalle is a science-fiction novel by Matthew Stover and sequel to Heroes Die set seven years after the events of its predecessor. It is the second book in the ongoing Acts of Caine novel cycle. Like Heroes Die it focuses on Hari Michaelson and his struggles on Earth and Overworld.
Plot summary
Seven years after the events of Heroes Die, Hari Michaelson (also known as Caine) is a puppet executive on the Studio he used to work for. He is now a paraplegic and lives with his wife Shanna and her daughter Faith. He uncovers a plot by Earth's executives to infect Overworld with a plague of HRVP (an especially virulent form of rabies) that would clear the way for colonization of Earth's crowded population into the new world and an exploitation of its resources. In addition to Michaelson the story also details a number of other characters, including Hari's academy friend Kris Hansen, the former Overworld god Tan'elKoth (the former Ma'elKoth now exiled to Earth) and Raithe, a young Monastic adept obsessed with killing Caine.