Patterns of Chaos

Colin Kapp

ISBN 10: 0441653901 / ISBN 13: 9780441653904

Published by Ace, January 1978, 1978

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Patterns of Chaos
• Publisher: Ace, January 1978
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0441653901
• ISBN 13: 9780441653904
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Condition: Used - Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy and Sci-Fi

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Synopsis

SCIENCE FICTION-HE AWOKE WITHOUT A TRACE OF MEMORY.BUT AS THE ECHO'S OF THE TELEPATHIC TRIGGER PHRASE FADED SOUNDLESSLY FROM HIS MIND THINGS SLOWLY FELL INTO PLACE(1)HE WAS ON ONARIS,27TH RIM PLANET TO FALL PREY TO THE DESTROYERS.(2)HE WAS ANOPERATIVE IN THE SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS GROUP OF THE STELLAR COMMANDO.(3)HIS WAS THE CRUCIAL ROLE IN SAVING THE REMAINING RIM WORLDS FROM THE RAPACIOUS INROADS OF THE DESTROYER FORCES;HE WAS THE POINT MAN,VICTIM,AND HELPLESS PUPPET ALL ROLLED INTO ONE,UNDER THE ABSOLUTE DOMINANCE OF A SADISTIC BITCH-GODDESS WHOSE VOICE SPOKE WITHIN HIS MIND,WHO SAW WITH HIS EYES-AND WHO COULD PUNISH HIM UTTERLY.HE HATED AND ADORED HER.WHAT HE WOULD NOT LEARN UNTIL MUCH LATER WAS THAT HE WAS THE FOCAL POINT IN A PLOT OLDER THAN HUMANITY,A PLOT BEFORE WHOSE MENACE THE THREAT POSED BY THE DESTROYER FORCES PALED TO INSIGNIFICANCE.