Book description
The Frontier Rebellion has long been won, thanks in part to the efforts
of Culihan O'Rourke, the best hijacker the Rebels ever had. When he is
greeted upon his return to Earth with beatings, torture, and
interrogation, Cully learns the hard way of the ultimatum issued to
Earth by the Moldaug: evacuate the Frontier or be destroyed. Gordon R.
Dickson (1923 - 2001) Gordon Rupert Dickson was born in Alberta, Canada,
in 1923 but resided in the United States from the age of thirteen. Along
with Robert A. Heinlein, he is regarded as one of the fathers of
military space opera, his Dorsai! sequence being an early exemplar of
both military SF and Future History. Dickson was one of the rare breed
of authors as well known for his fantasy as his SF - The Dragon and the
George, the first novel in his Dragon Knight sequence, was shortlisted
for the World Fantasy Award and won the British Fantasy Award. Dickson's
work also won him three Hugos and Nebula. He died in 2001.
