0395318335. This specific hardback book is in like new condition with a hard

0395318335. This specific hardback book is in like new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in fine condition with little wear if any. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "The year is 1189 and the Catholic Church, fueled by a great tide of proselytizing energy in Europe, has penetrated even the utopian country of Islandia, which lies at the south end of the Karain continent in the Southern Hemisphere. At the time described in Mark Saxton's HAVOC IN ISLANDIA, the Church is near to its ultimate goal of turning Islandia into a Catholic country. But the transformation is a costly one. Where it has converted the Isla (ruler of a province), heavy taxes have been imposed, and often tracts of land that supported families have become forfeit to the Isla and the Church, while the former residents join wandering gangs, pillaging and robbing to support themselves. Increasingly, there are those who believe that the Church and all it stands for should be cast out. This is the story of the conflict for Islandia's soul, told in Islandian fashion as the narrative of a single prominent participant. It necessarily suffers from comparison to Austin Wright's original ISLANDIA, for what could compare with that? And yet HAVOC IN ISLANDIA succeeds on its own terms, telling a story that is gripping, eventful, and full of the wise insights into human nature and character that one associates with this unique nation."; 8.3 X 5.5 X 1.0 inches; 241 pages.