Hardcover, 257 pages
English language
Published Sept. 22, 1967 by Doubleday & Company.
Lord of Light
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"His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha and the atman, however and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god. But then, he never claimed not to be a god. . . ."
On a far off world in a far off time, the gods of the Hindu Pantheon rule Heaven and earth. Vishnu, the creator, Krishna, god of lust, Kali, goddess of destruction and her consort, Yama, Lord of Death, all who have risen to immortality and omnipotence by means of their self-achieved divine attributes, are opposed by one being, Sam, binder of Demons, demigod fallen from the Grace of Heaven. Incarnate first as Prince Siddhartha the Good, then as the Divine Buddha, Sam allies himself with the powers of darkness and Hell against the powers of Heaven in his struggle to produce a world unruled by …
"His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha and the atman, however and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god. But then, he never claimed not to be a god. . . ."
On a far off world in a far off time, the gods of the Hindu Pantheon rule Heaven and earth. Vishnu, the creator, Krishna, god of lust, Kali, goddess of destruction and her consort, Yama, Lord of Death, all who have risen to immortality and omnipotence by means of their self-achieved divine attributes, are opposed by one being, Sam, binder of Demons, demigod fallen from the Grace of Heaven. Incarnate first as Prince Siddhartha the Good, then as the Divine Buddha, Sam allies himself with the powers of darkness and Hell against the powers of Heaven in his struggle to produce a world unruled by the Laws of Karma and the self-made divinities.
In his sweeping by profoundly intricate chronicle, Roger Zelazny has woven the strands of the Ramayana and the ancient Vedic lore with the great tradition of J.R.R. Tolkien. The result is an arrestingly original and unforgettable work.