Quest for the Well of Souls (Well World Saga by Jack L Chalker

Quest for the Well of Souls (Well World Saga by Jack L Chalker

Welcome to the Well World: a construct of an ancient defunct race known as the Markovians. The Well World acts both as the controller of and the gateway to 1560 worlds created by the Markovians at the end of their time. *** Exiles at the Well of Souls left Mavra Chang captured by the Olborn and partially converted into a beast of burden. Twenty-two years later, Chang has tried to escape numerous times, failing each time.each attempt leading to greater despair. *** Moreover, one of two tiny hopes has already been destroyed. Two ships had crashed into the Well World: hers in the south and another in the inhospitable Northern Hemisphere. The attempt to recover her ship has ended in the destruction of that ship. *** But a possible method of traveling to the North may offer a final hope and it ignites a new race between Mavra and her enemies.with the winner poised to gain control of Obie.the super-computer that can manipulate the very fabric of existence. *** Quest for the Well of Souls is the third book set in the Well World universe.

Chalker was born on December 17, 1944, in Baltimore, Maryland. He began writing for the amateur science fiction press while still in high school, and in 1960, he founded the Hugo-nominated amateur magazine Mirage. He started Mirage Press a year later, which turned into a prominent specialist publisher of science fiction and fantasy nonfiction and reference books. His debut novel, A Jungle of Stars, was released in 1976, and with the huge success of Midnight at the Well of Souls two years later, he became a full-time novelist. Chalker is a passionate environmentalist who also enjoys traveling, gadgets, and computers.

He's also a well-known science fiction and fantasy lecturer who's given talks at a number of schools and universities. He is a huge fan of steamboats, particularly ferryboats, and has ridden more than 300 of them in the United States and abroad.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781649730428
ISBN 10	164973042X
Title	Quest for the Well of Souls (Well World Saga
Author	Jack L Chalker
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Phoenix Pick
Year published	2014-07-18
Number of pages	296
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.