# The Spiral Labyrinth

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- Authors: [Matthew Hughes](https://www.bookquiver.com/matt-hughes)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2019-01-17

## Description

It was bad enough when Henghis Hapthorn, Old Earth's foremost discriminator and die-hard empiricist, had to accept that the cosmos was shortly to rewrite its basic operating system, replacing rational cause-and-effect with detestable magic. Now he finds himself cast forward several centuries, stranded in a primitive world of contending wizards and hungry dragons, and without his magic-savvy alter ego. Worse, some entity with a will powerful enough to bend space and time is searching for him through the Nine Planes, bellowing " Bring me Apthorn!" in a voice loud enough to frighten demons. Praise for Matthew Hughes: " Matthew Hughes does Jack Vance better than anyone except Jack himself" - George R. R. Martin " Heir apparent to Jack Vance" - Booklist " Hughes's boldness is admirable"- New York Review of Science Fiction " Hughes effortlessly renders fantastic worlds and beings believable"- Publishers Weekly " A towering talent"- Robert J. Sawyer " A treasure" - David Gerrold

## Editions

### The Spiral Labyrinth

- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-542-8
- Published: 2019-01-17
- Language: en_GB