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The Flame Key

Robert E. Vardeman

First published 1986
Type Novel
Series Keys to Paradise #1

<b>From the back cover of the Tor first printing:</b> "The Trans War is over and Giles Grimsmate has lost everything. In his grief he wanders, aimlessly searching for a reason to go on. His search ends and begins in Klepht... with a golden key: the key to the legendary Gates of Paradise and the promise of total fulfillment. <p>There is another key and Giles must join forces with the thief Keja and Petia, a beautiful Trans cat-woman to search for the mythical Gates. With the keys the Gates are simple to find, but five keys are needed to gain the treasure beyond. <p>Giles and his questionable company set off on a quest to find the third key... somewhere on the southern continent a mad sorceress plots to conquer the world and plunge it into flaming madness... there they must seek <i>The Flame Key</i>"

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1986 Cover The Keys to Paradise New English Library Omnibus 1
July 1986 The Keys to Paradise New English Library Omnibus 1
April 1987 Cover The Flame Key Tor Novel 7
August 1987 Cover The Keys to Paradise New English Library Omnibus 181
October 1991 Cover The Keys to Paradise New English Library Omnibus