But someone unwelcome is on his tail, and they are after something that Zax cannot spare - the blood running through his veins, the power to travel through worlds. It’s not perfect, but it’s fun, and compelling, and also a little sad. The good guys in this story are brave and selfless while the bad guys are moustache-twirling villains, but that’s not a complaint -it all works great, and I wouldn’t have it any. Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt is oozing with charm, right down to the beautiful and intriguing chapter titles (Chapter one is titled: A Parting of the Ways The What, If Not the Why A Dark Sea Enter Minna Unable to Translate Another Loss). He can take people with him, if they're unconscious in his arms when he falls asleep. Tim Pratt doesn’t just create one world but hundreds of them, with our hapless hero Zax sometimes barely able to get a glimpse before being forced to move on. Book Synopsis After escaping the ruthless Lector, Zax Delatree has a new enemy to fight in the sequel to Doors of Sleep. All he has to live by are his wits and the small aides he has picked up along the way - technological advantages from techno-utopias, sedatives to escape dangerous worlds, and stimulants to extend his stay in pleasant ones. Sometimes he wakes up in technological utopias, and other times in the bombed-out ruins of collapsed civilizations.

He has no control over his destination and never knows what he will see when he opens his eyes. What would you do if you woke up and found yourself in a parallel universe under an alien sky? This is the question Zax Delatree must answer every time he closes his eyes.Įvery time Zax Delatree falls asleep, he travels to a new reality.

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