Anthony Piers – Bearing an Hourglass

Book 2 of Seven in the Incarnation Series
1 On a Pale Horse : Death
–> 2. Bearing an Hourglass : Time
3. With a Tangled Skein : Fate
4. Wielding a Red Sword : War
5. Being a Green Mother : Nature
6. For Love of Evil : Satan
7. And Eternity : God

TYPE: Fantasy

RATING: 8/10

REVIEW:

After reading the first one in the series, I was much too fascinated to stop reading the second one. This one just took me a couple of days to read through.

This book is about a simple guy called Norton who gets acquainted with a ghost called Gawain. Gawain wants Norton to sire his heir by getting ‘acquainted’ with his wife, Orlene. However, Fate has other plans, and he is hit by conscience which does not permit him to do it. He falls in love with Orlene and Orlene feels the same for him. Together they do sire the heir, but due to Gawain’s intervention, his son dies of a hereditary disease.

Anthony Piers – On A Pale Horse

Book 1 of Seven in the Incarnation Series
–> 1 On a Pale Horse : Death
2. Bearing an Hourglass : Time
3. With a Tangled Skein : Fate
4. Wielding a Red Sword : War
5. Being a Green Mother : Nature
6. For Love of Evil : Satan
7. And Eternity : God

TYPE: Fantasy

RATING: 9/10

REVIEW:
I never though I would be a fan of fantasy fiction as much as I am now. This is the first book that Piers has written on the incarnations of the seven that are now doing the rounds. Due to unfortunate circumstances, I read the third one first and found it completely boring and threw it away. I regret that act now and will look for it again to read it once more with greater knowledge.
This book is about Death as an Incarnation and how he can ‘die’ and how he facilitates death. The story has too many characters at once that may throw you off the hook for a while, but as you continue reading you realize that you are hooked to Death and his work.