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Space Viking
By H. Beam Piper
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INSIDE COVER NOTES:
BY THE LIGHT OF BURNING WORLDS
Lucas Trask of Traskon was not an admirer of the Space Vikings; raiding,
pillage and killing were not avocations to his liking. And on this
long-awaited day of his marriage to the lovely Lady Elaine, all unpleasant
thoughts seemed far away. But Lucas was to be suddenly awakened to a world of
chaotic violence, where murder followed murder, and the only motive to rival
avarice was revenge. For Lucas, the old life was dead, and the new life he had
chosen led out into the trackless realms of galactic space and the surfaces of
pillaged planets with one objective always in mind-the death of a renegade
spaceman. SPACE VIKING is an epic of interstellar adventure that will compare
with Asimov's Foundation novels and Heinlein's Starship Troopers.

BACK COVER NOTES:
After a galaxy-wide war had left the planetary federation in ruins, every
surviving civilized world was on its own. And that was a perfect setup for the
marauders from the far-out rim.

Trask was one of those dreaded Space Vikings, a warrior spaceman with a crew
and a ship that struck terror to a thousand worlds. But Trask had a special
personal interest in scourging the stars-he wanted to draw upon himself the
fire of a certain enemya renegade planet-wrecker with a yen for galactic
empire-building.

SPACE VIKING is H. Beam Piper's greatest novel of interstellar adventure.


BIO:
H. BEAM PIPER is rather enigmatic where his personal statistics are concerned.
It may be stated that he lives in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, that he is an
expert on the history and use of hand weapons, that he has been writing and
selling science-fiction for many years to the leading magazines, and that he
is highly rated among readers for his skill and imagination. He has had
several novels published, including mysteries and juveniles. His previous
appearances in Ace Books include two novels written in collaboration with John
J. McGuire: CRISIS IN 2140 (D-227) and A PLANET FOR TEXANS (D-299).

(I believe H. Beam Piper committed suicide in 1964. This book was last
published in 1984)

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