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The Changewinds blow from the Seat of Probability across the worlds that they themselves created, at once random and consistent, obeying the rules of their own strange spectral meteorology. Most of the universes the Winds have made exist separately from one another in time and space, but close to the Seat of Probability they are more densely packed, and one may walk from one to the other and not realize it until it is too late.... For countless centuries the Ahkbreed sorcerers have dreamed show more of the ultimate power--control and direction of the Changewinds themselves, a power that would truly make them gods over all universes everywhere. And for centuries those who pay tribute to the Ahkbreed have dreamed of a deliverer. Now two brave young women from Earth have found themselves caught up in the fury of the Changewinds. They themselves will be transformed. But, in the process, they will change everything. show lessTags
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Two young women who, along with their oppressed people, battle the power-hungry Ahkbreed sorcerers.
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Jack L. Chalker was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 17, 1944. He received a B. A. degree in English from Towson University and a graduate degree in English and history from Johns Hopkins University. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1978, he taught history and geography in the Baltimore public school system. He founded a publishing show more house, The Mirage Press, Ltd., which produces nonfiction and bibliographic works on science fiction and fantasy. He was the author of several science fiction series including the Well World series, the Dancing Gods series, and the G. O. D. Inc. series. He received numerous honors including the Dedalus Award in 1983, the Gold Medal of the West Coast Review of Books award in 1984, the Skylark Award in 1980, and the Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award in 1979. He died of kidney failure and sepsis on February 11, 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Riders of the Winds
- Original title
- Riders of the Winds
- Original publication date
- 1988-05
- Dedication
- For Ted Cogswell, and Polly Freas, and Bea Mahaffey, and Alice "Tip" Sheldon, and too many other old friends who left this outplane while I was writing this. I owe you all, but too many of you are missing when I return to th... (show all)is reality, and contrary to natural law, there are far too many vacuums where once special brightness dwelt.
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- When the changewinds blow, out from the Seat of Probability and across the worlds they theselves created, they are capricious things, at once random and consistent, yet they obey their own spectral meterology.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"And soon, my friends, upon that disaster and with that blood to feed us, the Akhbreed empire will cease to exist!"
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