--- product_id: 17224571 title: "On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1)" brand: "piers anthony" price: "€ 16.23" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/17224571-on-a-pale-horse-incarnations-of-immortality-bk-1 store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1) **Brand:** piers anthony **Price:** € 16.23 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1) by piers anthony - **How much does it cost?** € 16.23 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/17224571-on-a-pale-horse-incarnations-of-immortality-bk-1) ## Best For - piers anthony enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted piers anthony brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1) ## Images ![On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1) - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Kdn8KNxPL.jpg) ![On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1) - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31u3aDB4mtL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not my kind of book, but I liked it. *by P***S on Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2017* I absolutely dreaded reading this book. It was a book club selection and as soon as I heard, "Fantasy Sci-Fi" I started to tentatively dream up excuses to pass on the meeting. But, since it was just a few bucks on my Kindle, I downloaded it and glanced through the first few pages.I'm glad I did. It's been a long time since I looked forward to reading a book every night! So much fiction these days is predictable pap (don't get me started on "women's lit") that I sludge through just so I can smile and sip wine though a book club meeting that usually has to do with some thinly disguised romance novel. So I'm glad this book was recommended and I'm glad I stretched myself and read it. It's a very fast and easy read, too. But it does require a good amount of creative brain power to abandon yourself into the world of this book.Piers Anthony is a weird dude. And the book is a bizarre trip through Death's experience in the sci-fi world of the future. I found the odd anecdotes of the people he came across in his occupation to be much more interesting than the fantasy world and rigors that accompany his chores. But still, it pulls together nicely, and if I'm ever at a loss for something to read, I'll get the second book in the series, which I rarely do. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ As Piers Anthony is one of my favorite authors from my formative years *by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2016* As Piers Anthony is one of my favorite authors from my formative years, and as Amazon does not allow half-stars, I'm being generous by rounding up this 3.5-star book to 4 stars.Overall, this is a fun exploration of an alternate Earth where magic and science coexist in equal parts. One of the side effects of the magic is the existence of the incarnations of Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Good, and Evil, each of which are offices held by a succession of previously mortal folks.This is a fun conceit, and well-handled by Anthony. It was especially enjoyable when I first read it as a 13-year-old in the mid-80s. Zane, the new officeholder of Death, is a likable sort, if not particularly bright, and the book follows him as he encounters the other incarnations and ultimately foils Satan's nefarious plans.The book isn't without its flaws. Dialogue is clunky. Anthony's well-known propensity to focus on female physiques is abundant (and was likely a selling point at 13). The odd matchsticks metaphor repeatedly revisited doesn't compute.That said, it's a good example of what would now likely be cataloged as YA fantasy. It's a fine beginning of a septology that I thoroughly enjoyed (excepting volume 2). It's original and well-written, with one of his signature verbose author's notes, which I always loved and have a special resonance now in light of the This American Life episode that featured what an avid fan did with the information included in them. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Death, the most useful illusion of them all.. *by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2020* It's the extreme, it's the alluring, it's the sine qua non of life, isn't it?If graveyards, sickness and old age don't scare you, and assuming you are old and experienced enough, why would they, you must read the Author's Note at the end -- after you finish this book, before you even start reading it, or somewhere in the middle.My experience is the middle option. I am saving this book for a tasty vacation. But, I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the note at the end. Who can tell what made me start there? But, having finished reading it in one breath -- ok, who is scared of an hyperbole? -- I can tell you that it's a gem and a very valuable one as opposed to the cheap ones from North Carolina the note mentions.If you want to write a book, any book, even a PhD thesis, the note tells you the one thing you must do. All other paths are to be entered at your financial and emotional peril.Piers also comes clean on his year of personal problems. Having read many of his books, Xanth and especially my favorite GeoOdyssey, I would put him up with the most transparent of authors. Hermann Hesse anyone? All of his demons as well as better angels are out of the deepest recesses of his soul.I posit that's the main reason I come back to books written by Piers as well as any other author worth their pen, or keyboard, or speech dictation tool.It's like I am reading a treatise of my own psyche, the universal one that connects us all, as Jung pointed out with his phrase: the collective (kind of) unconscious. It's coming out. Let it. That's how we will come out of this black or white, racist, worse, discriminatory nightmare where we project out of our minds all that we don't understand and therefore we hate, and can't help but see it in others. We blame instead of feel obviously guilty.There is another, a better way: know that we all do wrong when we don't know any better. It is time, now, we get to know ourselves and move towards more understanding and acceptance, let alone tolerance. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/17224571-on-a-pale-horse-incarnations-of-immortality-bk-1](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/17224571-on-a-pale-horse-incarnations-of-immortality-bk-1) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-04-25*