Lord Valentine's Castle (#1 Majipoor Cycle)

Author(s): Robert Silverberg

Sci-fi & Fantasy

Set in an immense world teeming with alien races and fantastic, almost magical, machinery, Valentine, an itinerant juggler, wakes up one morning with only a vague and troubled idea of who he is. He gradually discovers, through dreams and portents, that he is in fact his namesake: Lord Valentine, the Coronal, his body and throne stolen by a usurper.


Across the giant world of Majipoor, Valentine sets out on a quest to win back his throne - and discover which of his enemies has the power to vanquish him so utterly from not just his throne, but his very life . . .

General Information

  • : 9781473229228
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • : 0.3
  • : 01 January 2020
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Robert Silverberg
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 813.54
  • : 400

More About The Product

"Immense in scale and intimate in perspective, Lord Valentine's Castle swept me away. Valentine, namesake to the Coronal of Majipoor, discovers that his throne and his power have been stolen by a usurper. He resolves to get them back but discovers he is becoming a very different man from the one he was..." -- Adam (staff)