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Agent of the Terran Empire
Author: Poul Anderson

The stories in this book were the first Flandry adventures Poul Anderson wrote, beginning with "Tiger by the Tail" in 1951, 15 years before Ensign Flandry. Each of these tales is a free-standing story and unlike most serial SF doesn't require knowledge of everything else that has come before. — TIGER BY THE TAIL — Flandry, here a captain, is abduc... more »ted by the Scothians, an ambitious species that lives just outside the borders of the declining Terran Empire and hopes slowly to infiltrate and invade it, with knowledge gleaned from their captive. However, in their smugness and arrogance, they don't count on Flandry's wiles, and in no time the young officer is effortlessly pitting numerous Scothian factions against one another.

THE WARRIORS FROM NOWHERE

Highly entertaining yarn in which Flandry sets out to rescue the Emperor's kidnapped granddaughter. Brisk and funny; hardcore feminists avoid.

HONORABLE ENEMIES

Top-drawer space opera and intrigue in which we meet Aycharaych, Flandry's nemesis in league with the Merseians. Both the Terran Empire and the Merseians are vying for the allegiance of the worlds surrounding Betelgeuse; Flandry discovers that Aycharaych is a telepath, instantly compromising any secret the suave Terran agent may possess. Clever twists to the tale, plus the delightfully old-fashioned depiction of respect between adversaries as indicated in the story's title (Flandry and Aycharaych wrap up the tale over drinks, shortly after trying to kill each other in a swordfight), are among the touches that give this story a timeless appeal. If Ronald Colman were alive today...

HUNTERS OF THE SKY CAVE

Nearly a novel in its own right, this fast-paced tale has the appeal of the early Sean Connery Bond films ? which means kick up your heels, prepare for some cartoonish fun, and leave all political correctness at the door. A previously unencountered alien race has invaded the distant colonial world of Vixen, with possible assistance from a race who have up to now been completely neutral in the endless human/Merseian conflicts. Flandry is sent to Vixen to investigate in the company of the sole survivor of the first attack, who is, naturally, a young woman. Clever, unpredictable plotting enhances this tale of espionage and warfare, with Aycharaych coming into his own as an arch-villain of the first water.

--Review ? 2004 by Thomas M. Wagner

ISBN-13: 9780441010684
ISBN-10: 0441010687
Publication Date: 1982
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Currently 2.5/5 Stars.

2.5 stars, based on 1 rating

Publisher: Ace Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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