# | Year | 1st Read | Title | Author(s) | My Rating | |
---|
1 | 1980 | 1982 | (1) Split Infinity Cover Blurb | Piers Anthony | | |
| THROUGH THE CURTAIN
On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay through a mysterious "curtain" revealed by a loving robot.
Beyond the curtain lay Phaze - a world totally ruled by magic. There, his first encounter was with an amulet that turned into a demon determined to choke him to death. And there, he soon learned, his alternate self had already been murdered by sorcery, and he was due to be the next victim.
"Know thyself!" the infallible Oracle told him. But first he must save himself as he shuttled between worlds.
On Proton, his fate depended on winning the great Games.
On Phaze, he could survive only by mastering magic. And if he used any magic at all, the werewolf and the unicorn who were his only friends were determined to kill him at once!
FIRST PAPERBACK PUBLICATION | |
2 | 1981 | 1983 | (2) Blue Adept Cover Blurb | Piers Anthony | | |
| DOUBLE DESTINY
For Stile, life was a matter of shuttling madly between two worlds, with the problems growing greater on each. On the science world of Proton, he was a serf trying to prove his right to exist by competing in the Great Games. On Phaze, where only magic worked, he was the Blue Adept, trying to master the powers of sorcery. And on both worlds, someone was trying to assassinate him.
Aside from winning increasingly difficult contests with no time to prepare, all he had to do was win the love of the Lady Blue, fight a dragon, discover the ultimate weapon - and, of course, seek the paranoid Adept or the all-powerful Citizen who was trying to kill him!
And now, just when things were growing impossible, he had to fight a mortal duel with the unicorn Herd Leader, against whom his magic powers were useless!
IN THIS BILLIANT CONTINUATION OF THE EPIC ADVENTURE THAT BEGAN IN SPLIT INFINITY, PIERS ANTHONY AGAIN PROVES HIMSELF A MASTER OF BOTH FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
FIRST PAPERBACK PUBLICATION | |
3 | 1982 | 1983 | (3) Juxtaposition Cover Blurb | Piers Anthony | | |
| OUT OF PHAZE
Stile had problems - two whole worlds of problems, in fact.
On Proton, a world of future science, his murder was averted only by the help of a lovely robot, who sent him through an invisible "curtain" to Phaze, an alternate world ruled by magic. There he found he was the double of the sorcerer, the Blue Adept, who had been mysteriously murdered. And the assassin was after Style!
To survive, Stile has to master magic, fight a dragon, win the friendship of a lady unicorn, locate his enemy among the paranoid Adepts, and return out of Phaze to win the Great Games on Proton. After that, he was ready to race the real problems!
The infallible Oracle was suddenly involved in the conspiracy against him. The two worlds were out of balance and heading for disaster. Stile was somehow supposed to take over the job of saving them or go down to total destruction with all he loved, he had to act and act quickly - with no idea of what he was supposed to do.
IN THIS BILLIANTLY SATISFYING CONCLUSION TO THE EPIC ADVENTURE BEGUN IN SPLIT INFINITY AND CONTINUED IN BLUE ADEPT, PIERS ANTHONY AGAIN PROVES HIMSELF A MASTER OF BOTH SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY.
FIRST PAPERBACK PUBLICATION
THE APPRENTICE ADEPT BOOK ONE: SPLIT INFINITY BOOK TWO: BLUE ADEPT BOOK THREE: JUXTAPOSITION AVAILABLE FROM DEL REY BOOKS | |
4 | 1987 | 1988 | (4) Out of Phaze Cover Blurb | Piers Anthony | | |
| "A complex tale of transported identities, cyborgs and robots, werewolves and golems...!" - Publishers Weekly
PIERS ANTHONY OUT OF PHAZE
Welcome to the astonishing parallel worlds of Phaze and Proton. Where magic and science maintain an uneasy truce. Where an accidental mind-switch plunges an apprentice wizard from Phaze into the mind-boggling technology of Proton. And where a robot named Mach is, in turn, swept away to a world of bizarre and terrifying wonders: the dazzling world of Phaze...
"The versatile and prolific author of fantasy and science fiction returns to one of his most popular series with a tale of adventure and intrigue!" - Library Journal | |
5 | 1988 | 1990 | (5) Robot Adept Cover Blurb | Piers Anthony | | |
| Mr. Anthony has served up another superlative dish of gaming expertise, delightful humor and imaginative plotting!" - Rave Reviews
PIERS ANTHONY ROBOT ADEPT
Proton and Phaze, parallel worlds of science and magic, are ripe with the seeds of revolution. Mach, a brave and sensitive robot from Proton, and his alternative self, magical Bane from Phaze, hold the power to link the two warring systems - or destroy them entirely. Both are prepared to save their worlds. But neither Mach nor Bane had anticipated the dangers of forbidden love... with members of the opposite realm!
One of Anthony's most popular series!" - Library Journal | |
6 | 1989 | 1992 | (6) Unicorn Point Cover Blurb | Piers Anthony | | |
| "Energy and complexity... Adept fans will snap this one up!" - Kirkus
PIERS ANTHONY UNICORN POINT
Neither the magic of Phaze, nor the technology of Proton, can save the parallel worlds from a ruthless takeover. The fight for freedom must be waged by Mach and Bane, robot and wizard, linked between worlds. But they are not the only ones with this strange ability. For their children have been born - each possessing powers the enemy could never imagine...
One of Anthony's most popular series!" - Library Journal | |
7 | 1990 | 1992 | (7) Phaze Doubt Cover Blurb | Piers Anthony | | |
| One of Anthony's most popular series!" - Library Journal
PIERS ANTHONY PHAZE DOUBT
At last! Piers Anthony presents the final, enthralling chapter of his acclaimed Apprentice Adept series. The dual worlds of magic and science - Phaze and Proton - are threatened by a terrifying species of beings, more powerful and destructive than any force on the planet. Only two special children, Nepe and Flach, will date to fight back - by befriending one of the enemy...
"Anthony [is] always entertaining in everything he writes!" - Rave Reviews | |