- Science fiction, Space colonies, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
Four levels of technology collide in this fascinating sci-fi thriller about a Renaissance general racing to extract the secrets of space flight from a forgotten library guarded by barbarians on horseback before the bureaucrats of a re-ascendant galactic empire can finish classifying the Renaissance general's world as a flightless backwater planet fit only for subjugation and exploitation.
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Cool, plot-driven, epic and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Jerry Pournelle
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 283
- Publisher
- Macdonald & Co., Futura, Pocket Books
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9783404220618
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