Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail

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Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail

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Author(s):

Jack L Chalker

First Pub:

1983

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2023

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 15

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

Internal ID:

173

Series:

<- Charon: A Dragon at the Gate

Four Lords of the Diamond*

#4 of 4

Four Lords of the Diamond*

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.

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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:

Dedication:

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.

First Sentence:

There is nothing quite like the sensation of calling your worst enemy up for a friendly little chat.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Talant Ypsir's head was torn from his body before the bodies of Fallon and Kunser had hit the floor.

Comments:

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Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 23-Jan-2024

Quotes

...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.

Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail
Jack L Chalker
Sugah Fallon

Publications

01-Apr-1983

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

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

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2117

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-29372-X

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-29372-5

Printing:

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.

FIRST TIME IN PRINT

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Notes and Comments:

First Edition: April 1983

Author(s)

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

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