Prophets in Hell

Heroes in Hell #11

by Janet E. Morris

In the Domain of Darkness, Chaos wars with Good and Evil until even the Father of Lies cannot distinguish between honest deceit, malicious truthtelling and mere vituperative gibberish. What's a poor devil to do? The spellbinding talents of some of the genre's masters provide the answer.

Eye of a needle / Chris Morris --
Exile / David Drake --
The garden of blood narcissus / Brad Miner --
Death freaks / Robert Sheckley --
Profits in hell / Bill Kerby --
Terminal / George Alec Effinger --
I, Hermes Trismegistus / Richard Groller --
Fast food / Nancy Asire --
The sibylline affair / C.J. Cherryh --
Moving day / Janet Morris

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Anthologies

278 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1989

About the author

Janet Ellen Morris (born May 25, 1946) is a United States author. She began writing in 1976 and has since published more than 20 novels, many co-authored with David Drake or her husband Chris Morris. She has contributed short fiction to the shared universe fantasy series Thieves World, and edited the Bangsian fantasy series Heroes in Hell. Most of her work has been in the fantasy and science fiction genres, although she has also written several works of non-fiction.

Morris was elected to the New York Academy of Sciences in 1980.

In 1995, Morris and her husband and frequent co-writer Christopher Morris founded M2 Tech. Since that time, their writing output has decreased in proportion to the success of the company, which works with U.S. federal and military agencies on non-lethal weapon systems and software.

Reviews

[robyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think this series gets thin as it goes on. At its BEST, however, it's amazing! Cherryh's Roman enclave, spiced with a little Hatshepsut and Machiavelli on the side, was my absolute favorite chapter in each installment. In this one, however - maybe because of the theme, 'prophets' - even her chapter felt like filler, accomplishing very little.

That's true of this entire book.

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another anthology with hit and miss stories. Many of my favourite characters are back in a couple stories but not enough for me to be happy with the book. I only own one more book in the series and on it will depend whether I purchase any more and there are seven more but, as often happens, the longer a series goes on the poorer the quality of creation.

[Nancy Laney]

Hell Book 11