{"product_id":"captain-flandry-5-poul-anderson-9781451637670","title":"Captain Flandry, 5","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo novels and four novellas collected for the first time in volume five of multiple Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning Poul Anderson's Technic Civilization science fiction adventure epic. In the twilight of the Terran Empire, one secret agent stands ready with the grit and wits to save a corrupt empire by hook or by crook.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the twilight of the Terran Empire, one man exists who can save his empire--and civilization itself--by hook or by crook, whether his \"betters\" appreciate his efforts or not. Flandry is both agent of empire, and agent-provocateur of change. For even as he fights for the old guard, Flandry remains well aware that change is afoot and that he has the ability to influence the direction of galactic civilization for eons to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlandry is a heroic but tragic figure: a man who knows too much history, who knows that battle and scheme as he will the Long Night of Empire is approaching. If that darkness is not to fall in his own lifetime, must do what he can. And anyone, human or alien, who gets in his way, will most definitely regret it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fifth entry in the seven-volume complete cycle of The Technic Civilization Saga includes the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Day of Their Return\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Message in Secret, \u003c\/i\u003eplus four novellas.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Poul Anderson: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of science fiction's authentic geniuses. -- \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Anderson fuses elegiac prose and a sweeping vision of man's technological future...\" - \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of science fiction's giants.\" - Arthur C. Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Poul Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451637675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451637670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.60h x 4.10w x 1.50d","brand":"Poul Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896697315583,"sku":"9781451637670","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8da1c719-1c13-4d1d-9a5f-faa13a42b046.jpg?v=1721372089","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/captain-flandry-5-poul-anderson-9781451637670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}