
The ability to store power for use by the other talents ( sorcerers).The ability to raise the dead ( necromancers).The ability to heal the sick or wounded ( healers).Within the Lands of the True Game, humans have come to possess "talents". The stories were subsequently collected into a one-volume edition titled The End of the Game (Nelson Doubleday, 1986).

The stories were subsequently collected into a one-volume edition titled The Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped (1985).

These novels straddle the genres of both fantasy and science-fiction, although this does not become apparent until quite late in the overall story.Įach of the trilogies focuses on the point of view of one particular character. The novels explore the Lands of the True Game, a portion of a planet explored by humanity somewhere in the future. The True Game is the collective name for a series of three related trilogies of short novels by Sheri S. JSTOR ( May 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.

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