Treachery of the Demon King

Parsina Saga #4

by Stephen Goldin

As the empire of evil sweeps across the land, the fate of Parsina rests on Jafar al-Sharif, the storyteller impersonating a wizard, and the exiled Prince Ahmad from the holy city of Ravan. But peril continues to dog their footsteps on the way to Mount Denavan and the final piece of the Crystal of Oromasd. They must confront the dangers of a mysterious island, the City of Faces, and the dragon demon who guards the fourth piece of the crystal. And even these threats pale before the betrayal by a trusted member of their company -- while within the heart of the dark enemy, Aeshma, king of the daevas, plots treachery against his own master to unleash an unimaginable tide of evil to engulf the world and destroy mankind. TREACHERY OF THE DEMON KING is the long-awaited conclusion to Stephen Goldin's Parsina Saga, a sweeping epic across an Arabian Nights world of imagination and wonder.

Genres: Fantasy

268 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Born in Philadelphia in 1947, Stephen Goldin has lived in California since 1960. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Astronomy from UCLA and worked as a civilian space scientist for the U.S. Navy for a few years after leaving college, but has made his living as a writer/editor most of his life.

His first wife was fellow author Kathleen Sky, with whom he co-wrote the first edition of the highly acclaimed nonfiction book The Business of Being a Writer . His current wife is fellow author Mary Mason. So far they have co-authored two books in the Rehumanization of Jade Darcy series.

He served the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as editor of the SFWA Bulletin and as the organization’s Western Regional Director.

He has lived with cats all his adult life. Artistically, he enjoys Broadway musicals and surrealist art. Philosophically, he is an atheist.

Learn more about him at his Web site. . Many of his books can be bought through his online bookstore, Parsina Press.

Reviews

[Amanda]

Great, wacky end to a great, wacky series. The Parsina Saga is so outrageous that it's one of those fantasies that gives fantasy a bad name to snooty readers, but at the end of the day, it's self aware. It knows it's dumb and cheesy, yet at the same time it's full of likable, if not somewhat on the nose, characters, and the story has just enough heart to give you that warm fuzzy feeling when you read the words "end of The Parsina Saga" on the final page.

Plus, the MC is a quirky, sardonic storyteller. How can I not love that?

[Angus]

The long-awaited finale to the Parsina saga. Everything is wrapped up tidily and satisfactorily.

But...

Well, there's nothing wrong with this book. It's a perfectly decent and logical ending to the story. But this book came out many years after the first three, and it shows, somehow....it just seems that a little of the magic and enthusiasm is missing.

[Camille Walton]

This was a fabulous fast read! It kept me engaged. I even shared it with friends.

[Ray]

(the long-awaited conclusion to the Parsina saga)