Book description
Earl Dumarest, now a vanquished and captive mercenary, is offered the
choice of surrender to the fearsome Cyclan or the chance of freedom by
the beautiful and ruthless Lady Delphine. The risks are terrifying - but
has Dumarest a choice? Intent on finding the legendary world of Terra -
Earth - the planet of his birth; pursued by the brilliant and ruthless
megalomaniac race, the Cyclan, whose secret key to Galactic domination
only he possesses; trapped on a plague ship hurtling through a universe
determined to destroy it, and captained by a madman - Earl Dumarest is
tempted by the irresistible but fatal promise of Delphine. The choice is
simple - to abandon his dreams or perish by them, just as they promise
fulfilment. (First published 1976) Edwin Charles Tubb was born in
London in 1919, and was a prolific author of SF, fantasy and western
novels, under his own name and a number of pseudonyms. He wrote hundreds
of short stories and novellas for the SF magazines of the 50's,
including the long-running Galaxy Science Fiction, and was a founding
member of the British Science Fiction Association. He died in 2010.
