Space Viking
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- Synopsis
- Space Viking is a 195 page adventure science fiction novel first published in 1963 and written by the science fiction master H. Beam Piper, author of Lord Calvin of Otherwhenand Little Fuzzy and the Other Human. Ace books includes descriptions on the back cover and first preliminary page; they read as follows: After a galaxy-wide war had left the planetary federation in ruins every surviving civilized world was on its own. And that was a perfect setup for the marauders from the far-out rim. Trask was one of those dreaded Space Vikings a warrior spaceman with a crew and a ship that struck terror to a thousand worlds. But Trask had a special personal interest in scourging the stars-he wanted to draw upon himself the fire of a certain enemy, a renegade planet-wrecker with a yen for galactic empire-building. , SPACE ViKING is H. Beam Piper's greatest novel of interstellar adventure. THE LIGHT OF BURNING WORLDS Lucas Trask of Traskon was not an admirer of the Space Vikings; raiding, pillage and killing were not avocations to his liking. And on this long-awaited day of his marriage to the lovely Lady Elaine, all unpleasant thoughts seemed far away. But Lucas was to be suddenly awakened to a world of chaotic violence, where murder followed murder, and the only motive to rival avarice was revenge. For Lucas, the old life was dead, and the new life he had chosen led out into the trackless realms of galactic space and the surfaces of pillaged planets with one objective always in mind-the death of a renegade spaceman. SPACE VIKING is an epic of interstellar adventure that will compare with Asimov's Foundation novels and Heinlein's Starship Troopers.
- Copyright:
- 1963
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 193 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 05/30/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Ace Books, Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Roger Drewicke
- Proofread By:
- Satauna
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.