Evil Ascending

Dark Conspiracy #2

by Michael A. Stackpole

The saga of the war against Dark Lord dominion over Earth continues in Evil Ascending, by New York Times Bestselling author, Michael A. Stackpole. Tycho Caine, the former puppet of the Dark Lord known as Fiddleback, is in full rebellion against his former master. As Coyote, he completes his training and pulls together a team to fight Fiddleback. Included in them is Rajani, an ET born on Earth, who has been shaped to fight the Dark Lords, and Sinclair MacNeal, who travels to Japan to find the assassin school which created Caine. Where their three paths converge, Dark Lords clash, and reality warps like heated wax.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy

Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Charles F. · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fast paced middle novel set in the Dark Conspiracy universe. Introducing ETs and other psionic characters. Very enjoyable!

[Urgewyrm · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 2nd of the Fiddleback trilogy for the RPG Dark Conspiracy.

I loved this book when I was a kid even with it's odd pacing and the main POV character's stilted dialogue. Lots of it hasn't aged well but it's still a solid if campy read.

Plus there's a Tibetan demigod shooting things with a WWII anti tank rifle and seriously, how can you go wrong with that?

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick thoughts: Not quite up to the level of the first, but still a good follow up that expands the world, balances a large and varied cast well, and builds to a big confrontation that both feels appropriate as an end to this book and sets up for the next one in a big way.

[Ellen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting follow up