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Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail

64.3% complete
1983
2023
1 time
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Prologue - Beginning of the End Game
1 - Rebirth
2 - Transportation and Exposure
3 - Orientation
4 - Workin' on the Railroad
5 - A Friendly Chat with TMS
6 - A Disloyal Opposition
7 - Working Both Sides of the Street
8 - The Wild Ones
9 - The Demons of the Mount
10 - The Goddess Medusa
11 - Saints are not Gods
12 - Into the Lion's Den
13 - A Victim of Philosophy
Epilogue
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 Four Lords of the Diamond*
#4 of 4
Four Lords of the Diamond*     See series as if on a bookshelf
A science fiction series by Jack L Chalker featuring a system of worlds where once visited, you can never return and where technology doesn't work.

1) Lilith: A Snake in the Grass
2) Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold
3) Charon: A Dragon at the Gate
4) Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail
Copyright © 1983 by Jack L. Chalker
For Walt Liebscher, the elfish Puck of science fiction for over forty years.  Those who haven't met him or read him have been missing something unique and wonderful.
There is nothing quite like the sensation of calling your worst enemy up for a friendly little chat.
May contain spoilers
Talant Ypsir's head was torn from his body before the bodies of Fallon and Kunser had hit the floor.
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Added: 29-Dec-2002
Last Updated: 02-Oct-2024

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...most people are sheep and are perfectly content to be led if they are guaranteed security, a home, job, protection, and a full belly.  In the whole history of humankind, whenever people demanded democracy and total independence and got it, they were willing and eager to trade their precious freedom for security - every time.  Every time.  To the strong-willed, the people who knew what to do and had the guts to do it.  The people who prize personal power above all else.

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 01-Apr-1983
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Apr-1983
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$2.95
Pages*:
294
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   30 Oct 2023 - 23 Nov 2023
Internal ID:
2117
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-345-29372-X
ISBN-13:
978-0-345-29372-5
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
David B Mattingly  - Cover Artist
THE BEGINNING OF
THE END GAME!


The Confederacy's grand scheme seemed to be working. They had substituted the mind of their best operator for the minds of four criminals - every one a top assassin - and sent one to each of the four Warden worlds to eliminate the resident Lord there. The agents on Lilith, Cerberus, and Charon had already reported in - success! Now only Taran Bul's mission on Medusa remained.

On this frozen ice world, Bul quickly joined an on-going conspiracy determined to overthrow the hated dictator Lord Talant Ypsir - the rebel's mission suited his perfectly. But a combination of alien menace and Ypsir's secret power proved too much for Bul. At last, the operator over all - the Agent With No Name - had to prove his ability... with everything stacked against him!

IN THIS VOLUME OF HIS MOST GRIPPING SERIES, JACK CHALKER BRINGS TO A GRAND CONCLUSION THE EPIC CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE MIGHTY CONFEDERACY AND THE SMALL BUT POWERFUL WORLDS OF THE WARDEN DIAMOND.

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01-Apr-1983
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

 Jack L Chalker
Birth: 17 Dec 1944 Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Death: 11 Feb 2005 Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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