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After his starship crashes on the distant world of Tschai, Adamβ―Reith finds himself the sole survivor in a landscape of warring alien cultures and enslaved humans. Determined to escape and alert Earth, he navigates baroque cities, haunted wastelands, sumptuous palaces, and riotous inns while confronting deadly wastrels, murderous aliens, and conniving villains.
First publish date: 1985
Genre: Adventure Fiction/Action Adventure
Authors: Jack Vance
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