Book description
Mystery and intrigue on the waterways of the planet Venus
The Venus colony was settled and thriving, when suddenly all
communication from Earth ceased. No messages. No transports. Nothing.
Insistent that science had lead their home into the depths of
nuclear war, the colonists rejected technology, burning books, killing
scientists, and hunkering down in the safety of a the newly formed
Venusian theocracy of Beulah Land.
Only the city-state of Albany remained independent. Their machines
were tolerated as a necessityÂ-until airplanes, gunships, and weapons
started patrolling the border. With war between the colonies imminent,
Saint-in-Charge Adelie Dale and First Mate Whitley of Beulah Land's
Richmond Queen must make heads-or-tails out of the hazardous Venusian
politics . . . before a greater enemy obliterates them all!
A. Bertram Chandler was a British-Australian science fiction
writer with more than forty novels and 200 works of short fiction
published. He was known internationally for turning his personal
experiences as a maritime marine officer into realistic
characterization of a spaceship's crew. He won three Ditmar Awards for
achievement in Australian science fiction, as well as Japan's
prestigious Seiun Award.
