Blade of Tyshalle

Blade of Tyshalle

First edition
Author	Matthew Stover
Cover artist	Dave McKean
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy, Science fiction
Publisher	Del Rey Books (US)
Publication date	April 3, 2001 (US)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	736 (US paperback edition)
ISBN	978-0-345-42144-9 (US paperback edition), ISBN 978-0-345-42143-2 (US mass market paperback edition)
OCLC	45558875
Preceded by	Heroes Die
Followed by	Caine Black Knife

“ Don't care about gods. Gods are irrelevant. What counts is people. What counts is having respect for each other. ”^[1]

Blade of Tyshalle is a science fantasy novel by American writer Matthew Stover, set seven years after the events of its predecessor Heroes Die.^[2] It is the second book in the ongoing Acts of Caine novel cycle. Like Heroes Die, it focuses on Hari Michaelson and his struggles on Earth and Overworld.

Seven years after the events of Heroes Die, Hari Michaelson (also known as Caine) is a puppet executive on the Studio he used to work for. He is now a paraplegic and lives with his wife Shanna and her daughter Faith. He uncovers a plot by Earth's executives to infect Overworld with a plague of HRVP (an especially virulent form of rabies) that would clear the way for colonization of Earth's crowded population into the new world and an exploitation of its resources. In addition to Michaelson the story also details a number of other characters, including Hari's academy friend Kris Hansen, the former Overworld god Tan'elKoth (the former Ma'elKoth now exiled to Earth) and Raithe, a young Monastic adept obsessed with killing Caine.

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