Incarnations of Immortality series

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The Incarnations of Immortality series is a fantasy novel sequence by Piers Anthony that personifies abstract concepts like Death, Time, and Fate as officeholders in a metaphysical bureaucracy.

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instanceOf book series ⓘ
fantasy novel series ⓘ
novel ⓘ
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author Piers Anthony ⓘ
centralTheme free will versus destiny ⓘ
metaphysical bureaucracy ⓘ
morality and ethics ⓘ
personification of abstract concepts ⓘ
the nature of good and evil ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresConcept Death as an office ⓘ
Evil as an office ⓘ
Fate as an office ⓘ
Good as an office ⓘ
Nature as an office ⓘ
Night as an office ⓘ
Time as an office ⓘ
War as an office ⓘ
featuresOffice Death ⓘ
Evil ⓘ
Fate ⓘ
Good ⓘ
Nature ⓘ
Night ⓘ
Time ⓘ
War ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1983 ⓘ
genre fantasy ⓘ
hasBook And Eternity ⓘ
Bearing an Hourglass ⓘ
Being a Green Mother ⓘ
For Love of Evil ⓘ
On a Pale Horse ⓘ
Under a Velvet Cloak ⓘ
Wielding a Red Sword ⓘ
With a Tangled Skein ⓘ
language English ⓘ
narrativeStructure each book focuses on a different Incarnation ⓘ
notableFor mixing fantasy with theological and philosophical questions ⓘ
numberOfBooks 8 ⓘ
positionInSeries 1 ⓘ
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publisher Del Rey Books ⓘ
setting alternate version of Earth ⓘ
subgenre contemporary fantasy ⓘ
philosophical fantasy ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ

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subject linked to: Jacob
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