The Eyes of the Overworld (E–book)

• Paperback
• 190
• The Eyes of the Overworld
• Jack Vance
• English
• 09 September 2020
• 9780671832926

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read ☆ eBook or Kindle ePUB Ì Jack Vance Jack Vance Ì 3 download summary The Eyes of the Overworld Ith a cult group on a pilgrimage he crosses the Silver Desert and meets danger and betrayal as he betrays other ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy LiteratureI ve already said numerous times how much I love Jack Vance so I ll skip all that this time You can read other reviews on this page if you missed thatThe Eyes of the Overworld is the second part of Tales of the Dying Earth and the main character is one of my favorite Vance characters the self titled Cugel the Clever Cugel is not the kind of guy you want to have dealings with he s clever sneaky completely selfish and remorseless He is always trying to figure out how he can take advantage of other people in order to make his own circumstances betterIn The Eyes of the Overworld Cugel decides to burglarize the house of Iucounu the Laughing Magician so he can sell some of Iucounu s thaumaturgical artifacts But the magician catches Cugel and punishes him by setting him on a uest to procure a lens wh