Reddit mentions of On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1)

Nah, he just became the Incarnation of Death and has a kickass horse-car.

Source: Piers Anthony

You might enjoy this book.

I started as a teenager with:

Piers Anthony Split Infinity

Piers Anthony On a pale horse

It might be helpful if you give us a list of any books you've read that you did enjoy or genres you think you might like.

I have never met a person who didn't love Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy but it may not be your thing if you don't like wacked-out sci-fi so some general idea of your interests could help a ton with suggestions.

A Short History of Nearly Everything is a solid non-fiction

Robot Dreams is a great set of sci-fi short stories

Ender's Game gets a ton of hate but is a pretty great sci-fi

On A Pale Horse is an older series that I'd consider fantasy but with sci-fi elements

Where the Red Fern Grows is well loved fiction

A Zoo in My Luggage is non-fic but about animal collecting trips for a zoo and is hilarious.

Some older books/series you may like.

On a Pale Horse By Piers Anthony
The first book of the Incarnations of Immortality series. A little quip from the Amazon page: "Shooting Death was a mistake, as Zane soon discovered. For the man who killed the Incarnation of Death was immediately forced to assume the vacant position! Thereafter, he must speed over the world, riding his pale horse, and ending the lives of others."

The Face of Apollo by Fred Saberhagens
Its the first book in the series "Saberhagen's Book of the Gods" (you have to add in the author's name because if you search 'Book of the Gods', you'll never find it). A little about this book: "a battle to the death between Apollo and Hades. Although Hades appears the victor, the face of Apollo is carried off by one of the sun god's human votaries. It ends up entering the body of 15-year-old Jeremy Redthorn, turning him into an avatar of Apollo who possesses many attributes of the god."

Both of these books are really good and have to do with mythology or other aspects of gods. I haven't read all of the series, so unsure how some of the other books are, but even if you just read these two, its well worth it.

Read Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality (link is Book 1, On a Pale Horse). In it, Satan is not actually a bad person... he just has a job to do. But everyone's perception of him is that he is evil.

Great series of books.

On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony.

The Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony.

Its 7 books, the first one being "On a Pale Horse."

The story is set in a not-so-distant future kind of world (only slightly more advanced technology than us) that has also incorporated magic and mixed magic and science together. There are seven Incarnations: Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Good, and Evil. The Incarnations are actually "offices" held by people who were once human but who, upon taking office, gained temporary immortality and special powers along with their office.

By far the first book ("On a Pale Horse" which deals with the Incarnation of Death who is actually a really nice guy) and the 6th book ("For Love of Evil" which deals with the Incarnation of Evil who even more surprisingly started out as a VERY nice guy!) are the best books in the series. I read them as a teen but they were my brother's copies and he took them when he moved out. I was lucky enough recently to find 6 of them at a cheap book sale for 50 cents each, except for book 6 (my favorite!) and so book six is on my wishlist.

This series is so cool and so intriguing, I guarantee if you read book 1 you will be hooked. The nice thing is that the books are not too long and they read easily and they all work in plot details together to weave one giant story of many Incarnations' lives.

Edit: Here is a link to the first book!

Hey, he wrote one of my favorite childhood books.

On a Pale Horse

They're about a few different people that take on the mantle of the 'Incarnations'; including, but not limited to: Chronos, or father time; Mars, the god of war; and the three sisters of fate, just to name a few :)

Edit - Linky to amazon page.
[](/rderpwizard "I'm me.... Aren't I?" )

You certainly aren't the only one. You might like these.
Our Name is Melancholy, by Leilah Wendell
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On a Pale Horse, by Piers Anthony

My favorite might be the way he is depicted in "On a Pale Horse" by Piers Anthony.

Apparently, it's being turned into a mini-series.

Piers Anthony is waaaay ahead of you.
The Incarnations books touch on most of this threads discussion.