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ALL FOUR

PLANET OF ADVENTURE NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME!

Stranded on the distant planet Tschai. young Adam Reith is the sole survivor of a space mission who discovers the world inhabited-not only by warring alien cultures. but human $laves as well. taken early in Earth's history. Reith musł find a way off planet to warn the Earth of Tschais deadly existence.

Against a backdrop of baroque cities and haunted wastelands, sumptuous palaces and riotous inns. Reith will encounter deadly wastrels and murderous aliens. dastardly villains and conniving scoundrels.

And always the random beauty in need of rescue...

Jack Vance is one of science fiction’s master storytellers: with a glittering career that spans morę than forty years. Vance has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards and the 1990 World Fantasy Award. and is a World Fantasy Grand Master. His works have inspired generations of readers-and the PLANET OF ADVENTURE saga. collected now in one volume. is one of Vance's best-loved series. The PLANET OF ADVENTURE novels are fast-paced. classic science fic* tion with sparkling dialogue. clever and intriguing characters...and have at their core a world as complex and fully-realized as Frank Herbert s DUNE. A rollicking adventure with one of Vance’s most like-able heroes. PLANET OF ADVENTURE is a feast for any Jack Vance fan.

"Jack Vance is one of the finest writers that the science fiction field has ever known."

—Poul Anderson, author of THE BOAT OF A MILLION YEARS

Cover lllustration by Dave Archer. Copyright © 1991 by Dave Archer.

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