The Blue World

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Blue WorldISBN13:9781619470972ISBN10:1619470977Author:Vance, Jack (Author)Description:Eleven Generations Ago, A Ship Carrying Convicts To A Prison Planet Crashed On A Nameless Ocean World Survivors Built An Egalitarian Culture On The Pads Of Giant Water Plants, Winning Food, Shelter, And The Necessities Of Life From Vegetation Growing On The Pads, And From The Sea But In The Water Swam The Kragens, Armored Sea-Beasts Who Raided The Gardens At Will Early Settlers Fed One Of The Largest Kragens Deliberately, Hoping It Would Chase The Other Beasts Away Over Generations, The Creature Grew Monstrous, While A Caste Of Intercessors Evolved To Feed And Worship The Beast Now, The Intercessors Seek To Reign Over The Population, Using King Kragen To Manipulate And Terrorize Their Fellow Pad-Dwellers Sklar Hast Defies The Intercessors, And Vows To Slay King Kragen For That He Will Face Ruin, Exile And The Loss Of His True Love His Rebellion Brings War And Death, Even As It Unleashes A Surge Of Scientific Advances Which Promise A New Age Of Discovery; But First, King Kragen Must Die - Matt Hughes The Blue World Is Volume 30 Of The Spatterlight Press Signature Series Released In The Centenary Of The Author's Birth, This Handsome New Collection Is Based Upon The Prestigious Vance Integral Edition Select Volumes Enjoy Up-To-Date Maps, And Many Are Graced With Freshly-Written Forewords Contributed By A Distinguished Group Of Authors Each Book Bears A Facsimile Of The Author's Signature And A Previously-Unpublished Photograph, Chosen From Family Archives For The Period The Book Was Written These Unique Features Will Be Appreciated By All, From Seasoned Vance Collector To New Reader Sampling The Spectrum Of This Author's Influential Work For The First Time - John Vance Ii Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Spatterlight PressPublication Date:2016-04-15Weight:0.59 lbsDimensions:0.41'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:178Language:English

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