In the far-future city of Clarges, you can live forever-if you can make the grade. In Clarges, everyone competes for the ultimate prize of immortality. Gavin Waylock lost the live-forever rank of Amaranth when he was accused of murder; now, after seven years in hiding, he begins again the struggle to reach the top. But a strong-willed woman, The Jacynth Martin, is determined to see him fail-and failure means death. SF Grandmaster Jack Vance crafts a classic tale of man against dystopia, rich in intrigue, suspense and dark humor. - Matt Hughes
"Clarges," published originally as ""To Live...
In the far-future city of Clarges, you can live forever-if you can make the grade. In Clarges, everyone competes for the ultimate prize of immortal...
Ruled by remote and powerful feudal Lords, Halma is a planet of craftsmen where any kind of machine-based manufacturing is punishable by death. Their exquisite handiworks are prized throughout the galaxy, but Halma's artisans eke out a bare living while the Lords take vast profits for themselves. Young Ghyl Tarvoke learns from his father that the world's injustices can be remedied, and the answer lies in the legend of Emphyrio. When a cruel and arbitrary judgment shatters the foundations of his life, Ghyl begins a desperate quest to discover and reveal the true story of Emphyrio. - Matt...
Ruled by remote and powerful feudal Lords, Halma is a planet of craftsmen where any kind of machine-based manufacturing is punishable by death. The...
ALL FOUR PLANET OF ADVENTURE NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME Stranded on the distant planet of Tschai, young Adam Reith is the sole survivor of a space mission who discovers the world inhabited - not only by warring alien cultures, but human slaves as well, taken early in Earth's history. Reith must find a way off the planet to warn Earth of Tschai's deadly existence. Against a backdrop of baroque cities, sumptuous palaces and riotous inns, Reith will encounter deadly wastrels and murderous aliens, dastardly villains and conniving scoundrels. And always a random beauty in need of...
ALL FOUR PLANET OF ADVENTURE NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME Stranded on the distant planet of Tschai, young Adam Reith is the sole survivor of a spa...
ALL THREE DURDANE NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME The land of Shant on the planet Durdane is ruled by a purposely anonymous dictator called the Anome or Faceless Man. He maintains control by virtue of the torc, a ring of explosive placed around the neck of every adult in Shant. The minstrel Gastel Etzwane lives in Shant - a country of cantons, each independently dictating its own law and customs. The enforcement of law is simple, quick, and inevitable: death by decapitation, from an explosive torc clamped around each citizen's neck by authority of a single man, the Anome. For millennia...
ALL THREE DURDANE NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME The land of Shant on the planet Durdane is ruled by a purposely anonymous dictator called the Anome...
ALL THREE ALASTOR NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME The Alastor Cluster: A sprawling system of thirty thousand live stars and three thousand inhabited planets, the cluster is ruled by the mysterious Connatic. He sees all and knows all, but with five trillion people contained within such far-flung boundaries, sooner or later something is bound to give. Each story is centered on a particular world of Alastor, each with its own peculiar customs, a staple of Jack Vance's writings: Trullion: Alastor 2262 (first published in 1973), Marune: Alastor 933 (1975), and Wyst: Alastor 1716 (1978).
ALL THREE ALASTOR NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME The Alastor Cluster: A sprawling system of thirty thousand live stars and three thousand inhabited ...
The Palace of Love (Book 3 of 5 in Demon Princes series, Russian translation) Kirth Gersen sets his sights upon the mysterious Viole Falushe. After several false leads, Gersen backtracks the villain to his point of origin - Earth Then the trail moves outward again, to the starworlds and a place back of beyond where there is actually a Palace of Love.
The Demon Princes is a five-book series of science fiction novels by Jack Vance, which cumulatively relate the story of one Kirth Gersen as he exacts his revenge on five notorious criminals, collectively known as the Demon...
The Palace of Love (Book 3 of 5 in Demon Princes series, Russian translation) Kirth Gersen sets his sights upon the mysterious Viole Falus...
