The Lion game
a Telzey Amberdon novel , science fiction
Edición de la obra The Lion Game
| Autor | James Henry Schmitz |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Sidgwick and Jackson |
| Fecha de publicación | 1976 |
| Lugar | London |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 157 |
| ISBN-10 | 0283983124 |
| Número de Cutter | S355l |
Synopsis - ‘What’s the Lion Game?’ asked Telzey of her captors. ‘You’re engaged in it now,’ was their answer. It was a game of mental chess played on the intricate closed transit circuits of an entire world by a race of giant mentalists who acknowledged no allegiance to the civilized planets. Talzey was a human and, as such, a test piece either a pawn to be sacrificed or a wild queen who could make her own decisions, she was never sure which. Either way the loser would not be just one talented Earthling: the loser would be a whole civilization, and possibly a few peaceful planets as well...