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Name: The Weapon Shops of Isher
Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Author: A. E. van Vogt

📘 The Weapon Shops of Isher by A. E. van Vogt

In The Weapon Shops of Isher, a 20th‑century reporter is inexplicably transported across millennia to the advanced Isher Empire. There, the empress Innelda holds sway over a society governed by complex economics and advanced weaponry. The protagonist’s presence sparks a cascade of events, drawing him into a web of political intrigue and shaping his own inscrutable fate.

First publish date: 1951

Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera

Authors: A. E. van Vogt

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