Mercenary

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Author(s):

Piers Anthony

First Pub:

1984

Genre(s):

Science Fiction; Space Opera

First Read:

1990

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 14

Editorial Preface

1 - Worried Man Blues

2 - Basic Training

3 - Five Steel Balls

4 - Chron

5 - Migrant

6 - Fugil

7 - QYV

8 - First Blood

9 - Surrender

10 - Rape

11 - Prisoner

12 - Final Battle

Editorial Epilog

Internal ID:

105

Series:

<- Refugee - Politician ->

Bio of a Space Tyrant*

#2 of 6

Bio of a Space Tyrant*

A series of novels written by Piers Anthony that chronicles the rise and fall of Hope Hubris.

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1) Refugee
2) Mercenary
3) Politician
4) Executive
5) Statesman
6) Iron Maiden

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

Hope Hubris, as the prior manuscript Refugee showed, was not originally aware of his destiny to become the all-powerful Tyrant of Jupiter.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Hope Hubris, at the age of thirty, professed to have only two loves: Helse in the past and Megan in the future - but, in fact, he had one: Spirit in the present.

Hopie Megan Hubris, daughter of the Tyrant
January 4, 2671

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Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 28-Feb-2023

Publications

01-Jun-1984

Avon Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

01-Jun-1984

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

373

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 1 Jan 1990 - 1 Jan 1990

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1893

Publisher:

Avon Books

ISBN:

0-380-87221-8

ISBN-13:

978-0-380-87221-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Jim Burns - Cover Artist

SCOURGE OF THE ECLIPTIC

He was driven by violent injustice from his home moon of Callisto - and set forth to claim the epic destiny that would blaze across worlds and time. He saw his family destroyed, his sister carried off into sexual slavery, his beautiful lover killed - and he swore revenge against the murderous pirates who held the Jupiter planetoids in a stranglehold of terror.

Fired by raw courage, steeled by young might, he rose in the Navy of Jupiter to command a personal squadron loyal to the death. And it was death they faced - against piratical warlords of the Jupiter Ecliptic who laughed at the young commander’s challenge… until they met the merciless fury of the warrior who would annihilate all obstacles in his path to immortal renown as the

TYRANT OF JUPITER!

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Notes and Comments:

First Avon Printing, June, 1984
First printing based on the number line

Author(s)

Piers Anthony
Birth: 06 Aug 1934 Oxford, England

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