Part of the Saga of Poictesme series. Modest shelf handling; The bindings are

Part of the Saga of Poictesme series. Modest shelf handling; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, age-toning is the only flaw to note; heavy spine crease. Used bookstore stamp inside. In The High Place, Florian, a morally ambiguous hero, ventures into a sleeping-beauty narrative without flinching at its overwhelming beauty. The story unfolds with complications: Beauty undergoes realistic changes during pregnancy, Florian's first-born child is claimed by Satan due to a pact securing Florian's success, and a fiery saint threatens divine retribution. Florian teeters on the brink of damnation, only to be saved when Satan and the angel Michael conspire to turn recent events into a dream once more. Given a rare second chance, Florian learns from his experiences. [ Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Fantasy] James Branch Cabell's aristocratic, whimsical, profane fantasies were a success de scandal in the 1920s.