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The Centurion's Empire
by Sean McMullen
ISBN: 0312851316
ISBN-13: 9780312851316
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
In 1358, when a priest steals the secret of time travel, Vitellan the Centurion embarks on a race to find him before history is altered. Vitellan's journey takes him into the 21st century and forces him into a showdown with his own past.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Published date: 1998
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 383
Publisher's Notes
A Centurion from the time of Imperial Rome awakens in the 21st century to find a deadly enemy from his past closing in on him. Will he be able to adapt to this brave new world and survive a hate that has pursued him across time?
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The Centurion's Empire
McMullen, Sean
FIRST EDITION HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKET, EX-LIBRARY, F-M ( more information) Offered by Books Once Used (United States)
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The Centurion's Empire
McMullen, Sean
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 1998 Nice copy is very clean, no writing or other stains, a few library marks on endpapers. Jacket is without teras or chips under mylar protector. First printing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good+. Ex-Library. ( more information) Offered by 2C Books, LLC (United States)
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The Centurion's Empire
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tom Doherty Associates, 1998 Book appears to be unread. Not a remainder. DJ is in protective mylar cover. Cutting-edge science fiction.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by All The Kings Books (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 1998. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Little Bear Creek Books (United States)
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The Centurion's Empire
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Tor Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Clean DJ with minimal edgewear. DJ in mylar sleeve. Clean textblock. Solid binding. 1.25 x 8.5 x 6 Inches 383 pages In the year that Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii, the Roman Centurion Vitellan set off for the twenty-first century as Imperial Rome's last human-powered time machine. He killed an unfaithful lover by just letting her grow old, but her hate pursued him across seven centuries. In 1358 he stood with a few dozen knights against an army of nine thousand to defend the life of a beautiful countess....and earned a love that would conquer death.Now Vitellan has awakened in the twenty-first century, a bewildered fugitive, betrayed and hunted in a world where minds and bodies are swapped and memories are bought, sold, and read like books. But worst of all, a deadly enemy from the fourteenth century is still very much alive--and closing in. . ( more information) Offered by North American Rarities (United States)
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