Sir Dominic Flandry, 6: The Last Knight of Terra - Anderson, Poul
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In 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 a James Bond style agent of empire, and agent-provocateur of change. Flandry 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. Contains three complete…mehr

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In 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 a James Bond style agent of empire, and agent-provocateur of change. Flandry 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. Contains three complete Flandry novels collected in one volume for the first time: "The Plague of Masters, Go Home, Hunters of the Sky Cave" and "A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows." This is the sixth entry in the seven-volume complete cycle of The Technic Civilization Saga. About Poul Anderson: "One of science fiction's authentic geniuses."-"Chicago Sun-Times" "Anderson fuses elegiac prose and a sweeping vision of man's technological future..."-"Booklist" " " "One of science fiction's giants."-Arthur C. Clarke
Autorenporträt
Poul 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 the Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America. 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.