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    Peter And Death
    Peter And Death
    Peter And Death
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    Peter And Death

    By Henry Lion Oldie

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    The lutenist Peter Sliadek meets Death (or the Player in Gray). Death offers Peter a new lute and new life. In exchange, the lutenist has to forget his current lute and himself. What is the end of this lethal game?

    PETER AND DEATH is the last, 12th
    novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHenry Lion Oldie
    Release dateApr 28, 2015
    Peter And Death
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    Henry Lion Oldie

    HENRY LION OLDIE = DMITRY GROMOV + OLEG LADYZHENSKY Dmitry Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky are professional Science Fiction & Fantasy co-authors from Ukraine who write their books under the penname "HENRY LION OLDIE". From 1991 to 2012 H.L. Oldie had published more than 200 books (including reprints and translations) or more than 40 original books (first prints); as well as several anthologies. As of today H. L. Oldie had published more than 30 novels, 10 novelettes and more than 70 short stories. The total amount of all H. L. Oldie's books sold up by September 2012 is more than 1.500.000 copies. H. L. Oldie had obtained more than 30 Russian, Ukrainian and International literary awards and prizes. At “EuroCon-2006” International European SF & Fantasy Convention H. L. Oldie got a title of The Best European SF & Fantasy Writer of 2006 (ESFS Award): http://esfs.info/esfs-awards-2000.html#2006

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