Fantasy

The God box

by Barry B. Longyear
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Description

In the exotic city of Iskandar, a somewhat dishonest carpet merchant in the bazaar named Korvas, on the run from the King's Guard for selling phony flying carpets, inherits a strange little box in the shape of a cask with four drawers. The magic in this box is that it will always give Korvas anything he needs, which is not necessarily what he wants, although at times the box will give him what he wants just to show him he didn't need it, which information is what he needed at the time. A strange, humorous and lusty, and at times profound spiritual journey.

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
CombatIncidental
HorrorCreepy
SpiceFade-to-Black
ProfanityMild

Details

First published
April 1989
Pages
235
Reading time
About 5 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
New American Library
Language
English
Series
Standalone

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