Necromancer Nine — Sheri S. Tepper

He wears the guise of a Necromancer: the black cloak, the broadrimmed hat, the gauze mask painted with a death's head. But raising the dead is the least of his Talents. He is a wild card that threatens the True Game itself.

Demon. Doyen. Dragon. and Tragamor, Sorcerer. Seer. Armiger, and King --

Take your places. Let the Game begin...