''Blade of Tyshalle'' is a

science fantasy Science fantasy is a hybrid genre within speculative fiction that simultaneously draws upon or combines tropes and elements from both science fiction and fantasy. In a conventional science fiction story, the world is presented as being scientif ...

novel by American writer

Matthew Stover Matthew Woodring Stover (born 1962) is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist. He is most well known for his four ''Star Wars'' novels, including the novelization of '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith''. He has also writ ...

, set seven years after the events of its predecessor '' Heroes Die''. It is the second book in the ongoing ''Acts of Caine'' novel cycle. Like ''Heroes Die'', it focuses on Hari Michaelson and his struggles on Earth and Overworld.

Plot summary

Seven years after the events of '' Heroes Die'', Hari Michaelson (also known as Caine) is a puppet executive on the Studio he used to work for. He is now a paraplegic and lives with his wife Shanna and her daughter Faith. He uncovers a plot by Earth's executives to infect Overworld with a plague of HRVP (an especially virulent form of rabies) that would clear the way for colonization of Earth's crowded population into the new world and an exploitation of its resources. In addition to Michaelson the story also details a number of other characters, including Hari's academy friend Kris Hansen, the former Overworld god Tan'elKoth (the former Ma'elKoth now exiled to Earth) and Raithe, a young Monastic adept obsessed with killing Caine. 2001 American novels 2001 science fiction novels American science fiction novels American fantasy novels Del Rey books Overpopulation fiction Science fantasy novels Novels about virtual reality Dark fantasy novels Dystopian novels {{2000s-specf-novel-stub