Plot introduction

The sorcerer Zinixo has taken control of Hub, but life goes on as normal. As Zinixo and his Covin track down Rap and friends, Rap must get the word out to the other sorcerers about the plans to join together and destroy Zinixo.

Characters in "Upland Outlaws"

• Ylo Yllipo - Signifier for Shandie and the XXth legion. Last of his line.
• Thaïle - Pixie in Thume, student of the College
• Shandie - Emshandar V. Imperor, although in exile. (This exile is unknown to the general populace, as Zinixo used Shandie's cousin and illusion magic to make it look like Shandie is still running the Impire.)
• Sir Acopulo – Shandie’s chief political advisor & tactician
• Lord Umpily – Shandie’s chief of protocol & spymaster
• Hardgraa – Shandie’s chief of bodyguard, currently guarding Eshiala
• Kadie – Princess of Krasnegar. Twin of Gath.
• Insolan – Queen of Krasnegar
• Gath – Prince of Krasnegar. Twin of Kadie. Has the gift of Prescience.
• Rap – King of Krasnegar, ex-stableboy, ex-demigod, and sorcerer
• Zinixo – Dwarven sorcerer secretly running the Impire
• Eshiala – Princess and wife of Shandie.
• Olybino – Warlock and Warden of the east
• Raspnex – Warlock and Warden of the north
• Lith'rian – Warlock and Warden of the west
• Grunth – Witch and Warden of the south

Allusions/references to other works

The history of Rap, Insolan, and a younger Shandie are recounted in the series A Man of His Word by Dave Duncan

Dave Duncan (writer)

David Duncan is a Canadian fantasy author. He was born in 1933 in Scotland, and educated there at the High School of Dundee and at the University of St Andrews. After graduating in 1955 he moved to Canada where he lived in Calgary, Alberta, and is currently situated on Vancouver Island in Victoria,...

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Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science

There are allusions to the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

, in the military structure and names of the Impire.

Release details

• 1993, USA, Del Rey
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  Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn since 1998, by Bertelsmann AG. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. It specializes in science fiction and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 0-345-37897-0, Pub date 1 May 1993, hardcover (First edition)
• 1993, USA, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-38477-6, Pub date 1 October 1993, Paperback
• 1995, UK ?, Constable and Robinson, ISBN 1-85487-352-0, Pub date 20 June 1995, Paperback