Masks of the Martyrs

Book Details

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Author(s):

Jack L Chalker

First Pub:

1988

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2023

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 14

Who Came in Late

Prologue - Status Report

1 - The Trouble with Cnahchuk

2 - Facing the Inevitable

3 - Four Parrots and One Goose Cooked, with Fireworks

4 - Reflections Toward an Ending

5 - Up a Tree

6 - Cowboys and Indians

7 - The Ring of Rings

8 - The Malebolge Run

9 - The Final Battle

10 - The Masks of the Martyrs

11 - The Face of the Enemy

Epilogue - Two Characters Meet in Different Seasons

Internal ID:

3039

Series:

<- Warriors of the Storm

Rings of the Master*

#4 of 4

Rings of the Master*

A four book science fiction series by Jack L Chalker.

View this series in the book list

1) Lords of the Middle Dark
2) Pirates of the Thunder
3) Warriors of the Storm
4) Masks of the Martyrs

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Clifford D. Simak

First Sentence:

The nice thing about being dead was that you could, without any fear or guilt, do all those things that were dangerous or unacceptable when one was alive.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"I suppose it's a start..."

Comments:

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Added: 19-Apr-2022

Last Updated: 27-Nov-2023

Quotes

Humans have historically distrusted and disliked one another to the point of murder and war over such minor differences as religion, color, language, and the like. That's one rationale Master System had for keeping each colonial world a homogenous race and culture. Yet my children could never truly comprehend why a Crow or a Sioux or a Cheyenne - or a Janipurian or a Chanchukian or even an Alititian - should be judged in any way but by what kind of people they are. But such things have always worked on a small scale, Nagy, particularly when we are crisis-driven or bound together by mutual self-interest, but never in the mass. That is our tragedy. Never in the mass.

Masks of the Martyrs
Jack L Chalker
Walks with the Night Hawks

Publications

01-Feb-1991

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Feb-1991

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$4.95

Pages*:

340

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 12 Nov 2023 - 23 Nov 2023

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2519

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-34309-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Darrell K Sweet - Cover Artist

ENIGMATIC
SOLUTION

Even before the renegade pirates of the giant spaceship Thunder had collected all five of the rings that would eliminate the threat of Master System forever, hawks knew that they still faced even greater problems.

The shapechanger, Vulture, was lost on the watery planet of Chanchuk, his fate unknown. Master System's space fleet dogged the renegades' every step. Hawks suspected that the group was harboring a traitor, but he was powerless to act. And, most important, the rebels has not yet figured out how the rings were used - a riddle that seemed to have no solution!

Somewhere back on Earth lay the original computer interface, and somewhere in the distant past lay the secret to Master System's demise. As a historian, Hawks had the knowledge to solve the riddle, yet he had to be absolutely sure - for one misstep would destroy them all.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Edition: February 1988
Seventh Printing: February 1991

Author(s)

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

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