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Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439133330)
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xCaptain Dominic Flandry, Science Fiction's James Bond, in a Large Volume of Blazing Science Fiction Adventure. The Fifth Volume of the Complete Technic Civilization Saga. No longer a brash, young ensign, Captain Dominic Flandry has risen in rank, but now appreciates fully that the Terran empire is old and tired, wanting to be left in peace. But the enemies it has made and the competing empire of Merseia will give it no peace. Too evenly matched for open warfare not to destroy them both, the opponents engage in subtle thrust and counter-thrust, feint and counter-feint, with Flandry in the thick of it.
Though through this and his succeeding adventures he will struggle gloriously and snatch victory from the alien jaws of defeat, Flandry is yet a tragic figure: a man who knows too much history, who knows that battle, scheme and even betray as he will, in the end it will mean nothing. For with the relentlessness of physical law the Empire is falling and the Long Night is approaching. If that darkness is not to fall in his own lifetime, if the things he cares about are to be saved, he must do what he can. And anyone, human or alien, who gets in his way will most definitely regret it.
Author: Poul Anderson
ISBN-10: 1439133336
ISBN-13: 9781439133330
Publisher: Baen
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2010
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.12w x 1.13d
Review Citation(s):
Asimov's Science Fiction 03/01/2012 pg. 109
Though through this and his succeeding adventures he will struggle gloriously and snatch victory from the alien jaws of defeat, Flandry is yet a tragic figure: a man who knows too much history, who knows that battle, scheme and even betray as he will, in the end it will mean nothing. For with the relentlessness of physical law the Empire is falling and the Long Night is approaching. If that darkness is not to fall in his own lifetime, if the things he cares about are to be saved, he must do what he can. And anyone, human or alien, who gets in his way will most definitely regret it.
Author: Poul Anderson
ISBN-10: 1439133336
ISBN-13: 9781439133330
Publisher: Baen
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2010
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.12w x 1.13d
Review Citation(s):
Asimov's Science Fiction 03/01/2012 pg. 109
By Poul Anderson
xPoul Anderson was one of the most prolific and popular writers in science fiction. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times, as well as many other awards, notably including the Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America for a lifetime of distinguished achievement. With a degree in physics, and a wide knowledge of other fields of science, he was noted for building stories on a solid foundation of real science, as well as for being one of the most skilled creators of fast-paced adventure stories. He was author of over a hundred novels and story collections, and several hundred short stories, as well as several mysteries and nonfiction books. He died in 2001.
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