The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha
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Overview:
- Title: The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha
- Author: Steven Brust, P.J.F.
- Year: 2002
- ISBN-10: 0312864787
- Publisher: Tor
- Price: $25.95
- Pages: 399
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Paths of the Dead
- Notes:
- First printing that states "First Edition: December 2002 / 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
- Dual priced USA $25.95, Canada $35.95.
- The author is credited as "Steven Brust, P.J.F." on the title page and as "Steven Brust" throughout the remainder of the publication.
- There are two essays plus a preface that are "signed" by fictional characters.
- Page 17 - A Few Words of Welcome and Celebration from the Publisher by Luchia of North Leatherleaf, Publisher.
- Page 21 - Preface: Concerning the Fall of the Empire, Lord Adron e'Kieron, and the "Dragin-Jhereg War" by Paarfi 2/2/10/11 (Norath. II: 181)
- Page 393 - Some Notes Toward Two Analyses of Auctorial Method and Voice by C. Sophronia Cleebers, Resident Special Faculty, Dragaeran Studies.
- The copyright statement discloses the real author names. It's assumed the preface is part of the main story and was written by Steven Brust.
- Copyright © 2002 by Steven Brust.
- “Publisher's Note” copyright © 2002 by Emma Bull.
- “Some Notes Toward Two Analyses of Auctorial Method and Voice” copyright © 2002 by Teresa Nielsen Hayden.
- Edited by Teresa Nielsen Hayden.