Philip José Farmer, the bestselling author of RIVERWORLD, introduces the climatic volume of fantastic adventure within the confines of THE DUNGEON Escape—and victory? Fleeing from the mysterious creators of the Dungeon, Clive Folliot breaks through to the ninth level suddenly, completely alone. Stranded in a freezing polar wilderness, he faces certain death from the cold, but one urgent question drives him onward. His new surroundings bear frightening similarities to the world Clive left behind so long ago. Has he fought through the entire Dungeon—only to discover that the earth itself is the ninth and final level? Joined by a monster more horrible—yet more human—than anything else he has yet encountered, Clive struggles to find his missing comrades and to triumph at last against the murderous masters of the Dungeon! THE FINAL BATTLE by Richard A. Lupoff With fantastic illustrations by Robert Gould, winner of the World Fantasy Award.

Philip José Farmer, the bestselling author of RIVERWORLD, introduces a fantasy whose very name means danger and intrigue. THE DUNGEON The quest starts here ... plunging into a vast prison that spans a planet, Clive Foliott faces a fantastic world of dwarves, cyborgs and aliens unlike anything he has ever imagined. It is a multi-leveled collection of beings from the hidden folds of time and space. Trapped somewhere inside is Neville Foliott, Clive’s twin brother, and no creature in the Dungeon will stop Clive from finding him! THE BLACK TOWER by Richard A. Lupoff, Nebula Award Nominee With fantastic illustrations by Robert Gould, winner of the World Fantasy Award.

Plunging into a vast, planet-spanning prison, Clive Foliott faces a fantastic world of dwarves, cyborgs and aliens beyond imagination. It is a multi-leveled collection of beings from the hidden folds of time and space. And trapped somewhere inside is Neville Foliott, Clive's twin brother.

Descending into the depths of an unknown planet, Clive Foliott and his band of heroes struggle to survive the traps of a strange multileveled prison and to locate Clive's lost twin, Neville. And the only clues they have to the Dungeon are brief notes in Neville's journal!

Philip José Farmer, bestselling author of RIVERWORLD, introduces the fourth volume of fantasy and intrigue within the confines of THE DUNGEON Is it just another trick? Reunited at last with his twin brother Neville, Clive Folliot and his troop escape to the next level of the Dungeon—a place straight out of Dante’s Inferno! They must cross boiling rivers and bottomless chasms, passing the terrors of the Lake of Fire to reach their goal, the forbidding Palace of the Morning Star. What horror awaits them there? Now that they have seen how the Dungeonmasters play with clones, can they believe anything they see? Reality itself seems to be slipping away as they continue their quest for a way out of the prison. THE LAKE OF FIRE by Robin W. Bailey With fantastic illustrations by Robert Gould, winner of the World Fantasy Award

Trapped within the confines of a multilevel prison world, Clive Folliot and his fellow captives face a new death daily. Torn between continuing the search for his twin, Neville, and helping his comrades return home, Clive splits their forces to double their chances of success--or failure!

After the Apocalyptic War, the decimated remnants of the French huddled in the Loire Valley were gradually squeezed between two new and growing nations. The Colossus to the north was unfriendly and obviously intended to absorb the little New France. The Colossus to the south was friendly and offered to take the weak state into its confederation of republics as a full partner...

Philip José Farmer, bestselling author of RIVERWORLD, introduces the second volume of fantastic adventure within the walls of THE DUNGEON Nobody comes here by accident... Descending into the depths of an unknown planet, Clive Folliot and his band of heroes struggle to survive the traps of a strange multi-leveled prison. None of the intrepid characters from the far reaches of time and space know how or why they landed in the confines of the Dungeon or how they may escape. Their only clues to the intrigues of the Dungeon appear briefly in the journal of Clive’s lost twin, Neville. In this fantastic abyss of serpents and spiders, aliens and cyborgs, Clive and his companions continue the quest for Neville and for a way home. THE DARK ABYSS by Bruce Coville With fantastic illustrations by Robert Gould, winner of the World Fantasy Award.

Civil society around the world is increasingly dealing with global questions, whereby it also begins to assume transnational forms of organisation. The arts, with their ability to project alternative realities and communicate ideas, can play a key role in addressing public and political problems. In looking at different platforms, activist groups, and new forms of citizens? initiatives, this book asks how cultural and art initiatives can both question and strengthen the civil domain. Social scientists, cultural theorists, activists, and artists explore how arts and culture can offer various strategies and forms of organisation for a locally rooted society in a globally connected context.

In this classic fantasy novel a warrior sets out to win a deadly contest to rule a prehistoric empire—and take the hand of its beautiful priestess. The lost city of Opar was first introduced to readers in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Hidden deep in Africa, it is a place shrouded in mystery and awash with incredible riches. In Hadon of Ancient Opar, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Philip José Farmer reimagines this forgotten land, revealing the heroes who lived in its prehistoric golden age . . . A poor young man of great ambition, Hadon leaves his village to enter the great games of Klakor—a bloody contest in which only the strongest and most cunning warrior will survive. He seeks the ultimate prize: to rule the Khokarsan Empire alongside the powerful High Priestess. But his quest for the throne leads him beyond the empire’s edge, where he finds himself embroiled in civil war.