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Impossible Odds
A Chronicle of the King's Blades
by Dave Duncan
ISBN: 0380818345
ISBN-13: 9780380818341
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
When Grand Duke Rubin's cousin Lord Volpe usurps his throne, it's up to his Grand Duchess (who disguises herself as her husband) and a trio of inexperienced knights magically bound to her service to restore proper rule to the land of Krupina.
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Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 2003
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.42 pounds
Pages: 464
Publisher's Notes
The Blades are back! Once again acclaimed fantasist Dave Duncan leads us past the imposing gates of Ironhall -- training ground for elite warrior swordsmen unequaled in any time or realm -- to witness the astonishing ascendance of three most unlikely heroes. Deposed by a foul usurper, the Grand Duke Rubin is on the run and in desperate need of protection. While the King has decreed that new Blades will be magically bound to the guard, not one of the rough youths being readied at Ironhall yet possesses the seasoning and maturity to accept such an assignment. Left with no choice, the Grand Master approaches two with an offer of early bonding and probable death: Ranter, strong but arrogant, dense, and rude, and Ringwood, eager and impetuous, who might make a fine Blade -- someday. Since they will need much help -- and luck -- to survive what better, more skilled Blades have not, a third is enlisted into their threadbare ranks: the candidate Bellman, who, though barred from the Blades by injury, may have some small talent for espionage. Joining the Duke’s entourage along with a courageous and prescient White Sister named True, the trio of would-be champions begins an astonishing journey filled with trials and horrors, intending to restore a rightful ruler to the throne or die in the process. But before them waits an army of the dead -- a dark fraternity of shadowmen, savage and unstoppable, who slaughter in the service of a despicable fiend driven by greed and the blackest of hearts. And the Duke, whom the Blades must protect to the last drop of their lifeblood, is not the liege they imagined -- but rather the guardian of strange and twisted secrets ... and a hidden identity that threatens to plunge their noble enterprise into total confusion and even graver peril.
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Eos (HarperCollins), 2003-01-01. Hardcover. New. GREAT Bargain Book Deal - some may have small remainder mark - Ships out by NEXT Business Day - 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! ( more information) Offered by BookCloseouts.com (Canada)
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NY: EOS/HarperCollins, 2003. 365 pp. Binding tight, text clean. Corners lightly bumped, jacket has a small tear at the top front flap fold, binding loosening slightly. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Paperback Recycler (United States)
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HarperCollins 2003. Hardback with dust jacket. VG. . ISBN: 0380818345. ( more information) Offered by Brookings Book Company (United States)
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Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: EOS. 2003. Hard Cover. 0380818345 Hard Cover is in Near Fine condition with clean unmarked pages, stated First Edition, tight binding and is not an ex-library book. Dust jacket in Very Good condition. 365pp. . ( more information) Offered by One More Page (United States)
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Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: EOS. 2003. Hard Cover. 0380818345 Hard Cover in Near Fine condition has unmarked pages, remainder mark to lower page edge, tight binding and is NOT an ex-library book. Dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. . ( more information) Offered by One More Page (United States)
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Tale of King's Blades # 5: Impossible Odds
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Avon Eos, 2003-11-01. 1st 2003. Hardback. Reading Copy or Better (a more c. Hardback : Avon Eos : 2003049194 : 1st 2003 : Very Good: Has a remainder mark on the bottom. : Dust Jacket : Cover Artist: Robinson, Paul / Serrano, Ervin ( more information) Offered by Art Vaughan's Used Books (United States)
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Eos, 2003 H/B. 365 pages, condition is very good. Deposed by a foul usurper the Grand Duke Rubin is on the run and in desperate need of protection. While the King has decreed that new Blades will be magically bound to the guard, not one of the rough youths being readied at Ironhall yet possesses the seasoning and maturity to accept such an assignment.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5.75 X 8.5". ( more information) Offered by Hanselled Books (Scotland)
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Eos, 2003 H/B. 365 pages, condition is very good. Deposed by a foul usurper the Grand Duke Rubin is on the run and in desperate need of protection. While the King has decreed that new Blades will be magically bound to the guard, not one of the rough youths being readied at Ironhall yet possesses the seasoning and maturity to accept such an assignment.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5.75 X 8.5". ( more information) Offered by Hanselled Books (Scotland)
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IMPOSSIBLE ODDS
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New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2003 ....Hardcover. 365 Pages. A very good copy in bright glossy DJ, very minor shelf wear. Packed securely and dispatched promptly.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by DISCOVERY BOOKSHOP (United Kingdom)
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Eos, 2003. Hardcover book is in new, never been read condition. Dust jacket is in like new condition. Very minor wear on edges of dust jacket. Inside of book pages are crisp and clean, no stains. ISBN# 0380818345. 2003 edition. 384 pages long. Approx: 9 by 6 by 1. Publisher: EOS Books. Additional pictures of condition are always available. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Canadian author Duncan explores the perils and pitfalls of dynastic politics in this swashbuckling fantasy, the fifth entry in his popular King's Blades series (after 2002's Paragon Lost). When Grand Duke Rubin of Krupina asks King Athelgar of Chivial for help in regaining his duchy, he's promised two of the King's Blades, peerless swordsmen mystically bonded to their wards. Given the shortage of trained Blades, though, Rubin will have to make do with Ranter and Ringwood, two senior boys. They, meanwhile, have to make do with Rubin, a deposed noble of uncertain prospects to whom they will be pledged for life, and his companion, Baron von Fader, an acerbic old man. Getting Rubin back to the throne of Krupina involves fending off shadowmen, preserving secret identities, uncovering traitors and penetrating impregnable fortresses. An exiled Grand Duke Rubin arrives at Ironhall, which by this point in Duncan's Chronicles of the King's Blades is almost a character in its own right, not just a setting. Rubin's mission is to recruit Blades to rescue his duchy from an evil sorcerer who can communicate with and use the abilities of the dead. Live Blades are in somewhat short supply, and that is only the duke's first problem. The next is that the duke is really, in the best tradition of Shakespeare, a duchess in disguise, and that little gender issue has to be satisfactorily resolved before anything else can be done. When it comes time for the traditional fantasy quest, the questers at hand constitute a distinctly raggle-taggle band, and the number of new mysteries to be solved reminds one of Dumas and his musketeers. This is all told with great verve, so as to please faithful King's Blades fans and win new ones for an underrated saga full of familiar fantasy elements treated with wit and ingenuity.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Aldergrove Books (United States)
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Eos - Avon. 2003. 1st edition, a Chronicle of the King's Blades. Hardback. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper. ( more information) Offered by Fantastic Literature Ltd (United Kingdom)
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N.Y.: Eos, 2003. First edition, first printing. As New in As New DJ. A Chronicle of the King's Blades.. ISBN: 0-380-81834-5. First Edition. Hard Cover. ( more information) Offered by Christine Kovach, Bookseller (United States)
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Eos, 2003 A most attractive first edition with pristine tight white pages having no inscriptions held in pristine coverboards. The unpriced jacket has no tears, nicks, rubs, scuffs, creases or wrinkles.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. ( more information) Offered by BooKWhereS (United Kingdom)
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Eos, 2003 A super first edition, first printing with pristine white tight pages having no inscriptions set in pristine coverboards. The unpriced jacket has no tears, nicks, rubs, scuffs, scratches or creases.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. ( more information) Offered by BooKWhereS (United Kingdom)
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Eos, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brand New. 9.50 x 6.30 x 1.00. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 22.7 oz. Series: DUNCAN, DAVE. The Blades are back! Once again acclaimed fantasist Dave Duncan leads us past the imposing gates of Ironhall -- training ground for elite warrior swordsmen unequaled in any time or realm -- to witness the astonishing ascendance of three most unlikely heroes. -- Deposed by a foul usurper, the Grand Duke Rubin is on the run and in desperate need of protection. While the King has decreed that new Blades will be magically bound to the guard, not one of the rough youths being readied at Ironhall yet possesses the seasoning and maturity to accept such an assignment. Left with no choice, the Grand Master approaches two with an offer of early bonding and probable death: Ranter, strong but arrogant, dense, and rude, and Ringwood, eager and impetuous, who might make a fine Blade -- someday. Since they will need much help -- and luck -- to survive what better, more skilled Blades have not, a third is enlisted into their threadbare ranks: the candidate Bellman, who, though barred from the Blades by injury, may have some small talent for espionage. -- Joining the Duke’s entourage along with a courageous and prescient White Sister named True, the trio of would-be champions begins an astonishing journey filled with trials and horrors, intending to restore a rightful ruler to the throne or die in the process. But before them waits an army of the dead -- a dark fraternity of shadowmen, savage and unstoppable, who slaughter in the service of a despicable fiend driven by greed and the blackest of hearts. And the Duke, whom the Blades must protect to the last drop of their lifeblood, is not the liege they imagined -- but rather the guardian of strange and twisted secrets ... and a hidden identity that threatens to plunge their noble enterprise into total confusion and even graver peril. When Grand Duke Rubin's cousin Lord Volpe usurps his throne, it's up to his Grand Duchess (who disguises herself as her husband) and a trio of inexperienced knights magically bound to her service to restore proper rule to the land of Krupina. . ( more information) Offered by Books and More by the Rowe (United States)
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Used, Hardcover, First Edition; ISBN:0-380-81834-5; This book belongs to the series King's Blades #5 ( more information) Offered by Seaside Book & Stamp (Canada)
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Impossible Odds, A Chronicle of the King's Blades
Duncan, Dave
New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2003. Book Club Edition (BOMC). Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book and dust jacket show faint shelfwear, rubbing at edges and corners. ISBN: 0-380-81834-5. ( more information) Offered by Adventures Underground (United States)
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Eos. Hardcover. 0380818345 New with very slight shelf wear from time on shelf (like you'd see at a major chain). We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
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