Jack Vance

Lurulu is a science fiction adventure novel by Jack Vance, the followup to Ports of Call. It continues to follow Myron Tany on a picaresque journey through the Gaean Reach.

Earth is a decadent world older than memory, the bloated red sun soon to wink out forever. Through ruined cities, fantastical palaces, and shadow-haunted forests, dueling wizards, a heartless highwayman, a pair of lovers doomed to be a demon's playthings, a brave swordsman sent on a hopeless quest, and a beautiful …