Valentine Pontifex

Valentine has spent years as the wandering performer who didn't know he was once Majipoor's rightful Coronal, and now sits on the ancient throne of Pontifex, the planet's highest office. But peace on Majipoor is fraying: the Metamorphs, the world's shapeshifting native people displaced generations ago by human and other settlers, have turned to sabotage, spreading blights and poisons across the land to drive the newcomers out. As omens worsen and old allies grow uneasy, Valentine must decide whether reconciliation with the Metamorphs is even still possible. The concluding novel of Robert Silverberg's original Majipoor trilogy, following Lord Valentine's Castle and Majipoor Chronicles.