Mazes of Scorpio

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 184319631X
Total Pages : 206 pages
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Download or read book Mazes of Scorpio written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beneath the emerald and ruby glow of the double suns of Antares lies a marvelous and brilliant world of savagery and beauty. The planet Kregen, where Dray Prescot, Earthman agent of the superhuman Star Lords struggles to bring peace to the world which has become his home. But although his nemesis, the mad empress of Hamal, and her accomplice, the evil Wizard of Loh, have been destroyed, Prescot finds that the strands of this enduring battle have not been tied off. An old conspiracy has been given a new and darker impetus which leads him to the jungle continent of Pandahem. Beneath the dark and sweltering swamps lies the deadly labyrinth of the Coup Blag where Prescot clashes with a new and terrible foe in the mazes of Scorpio! Mazes of Scorpio is the twenty-seventh book in the epic fifty-two book saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Burt Akers. The series continues with Delia of Vallia.

Mazes of Scorpio

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Publisher : New York : Daw Books ; [Scarborough, Ont.] : New American Library of Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780879977399
Total Pages : 176 pages
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Download or read book Mazes of Scorpio written by Alan Burt Akers and published by New York : Daw Books ; [Scarborough, Ont.] : New American Library of Canada. This book was released on 1982 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Swordships of Scorpio

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 1843193612
Total Pages : 215 pages
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Download or read book Swordships of Scorpio written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does a man do when fate makes him the protector of the royal head of the land of his enemies? If he is Dray Prescot, Earthman on Antares, he sets aside his quest to do his duty. His duty is to reach Vallia and his princess Delia and help her claim her throne. His duty is to defend Vallia's ancient foe and place its rightful heir on its throne -- sworn to attack Vallia. So when the third force, the pirate fleets known as the swordships, come between the two contending demands, Dray sees that only by following his own personal star could the contradiction be resolved. Swordships of Scorpio is the fourth book in the epic fifty-two book saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen.

Shadows over Kregen

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 1843197715
Total Pages : 210 pages
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Download or read book Shadows over Kregen written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume fifty in the saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen - a standalone novel in the Spectre Cycle. Dray Prescot has been chosen by the Star Lords to bring all the lands of Paz together, as the so-called Emperor of All Paz. They must resist the deadly Shanks who raid from over the curve of the world. Delia and Dray Prescot have abdicated the throne of Vallia and now seek to make the dream of a united Paz come true. But whether he is battling slavers and freeing slaves with the Kroveres of Iztar, or fighting Fish-heads in the land of the Shanks, Prescot is certain to be thrown into more headlong adventures under the streaming mingled lights of the Suns of Scorpio.

Witches of Kregen

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 1843193787
Total Pages : 191 pages
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Download or read book Witches of Kregen written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his new army was ready to march against the witch hordes, it rained frogs! It was a veritable heavy bombardment from empty skies! That's the sort of thing Dray Prescot is up against in the war of the Nine Unspeakable Curses! Dray was struggling to gather together his shattered empire when the witchcraft hit. But he has wizards on his side, too, and very soon it becomes a battle of sheer courage, quick wits, and fast flying. This was more to his liking, for he knew that this time the Star Lords might be on his side. Not that he could rely on them, for they were just as likely to toss him back to Earth for a crash course in the old world's learning! Witches of Kregen is the thirty-fourth book in the epic fifty-two book saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Burt Akers. The series continues with Storm over Vallia.

A Victory for Kregen

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 184319600X
Total Pages : 260 pages
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Download or read book A Victory for Kregen written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ending of Prescot's stark adventures as a living chess piece in the city of blood games was to be as terrifying as the perils that had gone before. Because now that transposed Earthman has to fight his way back to his embattled Vallian homeland across a sky full of danger and a sea full of death. And when he returns he will find the combat joined, his son at doom's door, his troops up against superior odds, and a battle he must personally fight that would be two battles in two different places at the same time! This edition contains a glossary to the Jikaida cycle. A Victory for Kregen is the twenty-second book in the epic fifty-two book saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Burt Akers. The series continues with Beasts of Antares.

The Lohvian Cycle I

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 1843198894
Total Pages : 678 pages
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Download or read book The Lohvian Cycle I written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the magnificent and mysterious, beautiful and terrible world of Kregen, a planet orbiting Antares four-hundred light-years from Earth, much may be achieved and much lost. Far more than merely a strong sword arm is required for victory. Far more than a cunning and devious brain is needed to secure success. Having won his princess, Delia of Delphond, Delia of the Blue Mountains, and having become the Emperor of Vallia with Delia at his side as Empress, Dray Prescot has renounced the crown and throne. Any thoughts of a quiet life are foolish, as he well knows. Among the many problems besetting him, the most important are uniting the lands of Paz and beating off the viciously hostile raiders from over the curve of the sea, the feared and hated Shanks. Scorpio Reborn:Sent by the Star Lords to save a life from a fire, Dray Prescot finds himself utterly helpless in a strange land. Confused and unable to move, he is cared for by Mevancy, a woman with a strange and wonderful secret. But why have the Star Lords left him there? Who is he expected to protect, and how is he supposed to do it? Flying a kite one moment, battling through an inferno the next, Prescot is flung headlong into fresh adventures under the mingled streaming lights of the Suns of Scorpio. Scorpio Assassin:The Star Lords require that a high spirited lady called Kirsty be queen, and have ordered Leone killed so that she cannot return through reincarnation. With the aid of the kregoinya Mevancy nal Chardaz and of the kregoinye Caspar the Peaker, and with the assistance of Trylon Kuong and of Llodi the Voice, Prescot decides to risk all to defy the all-powerful Star Lords... Scorpio Invasion:Dray Prescot must answer to the Star Lords for his disobedience. But the Star Lords argue over him and Dray is dropped accidentally in a walled garden. He is lost. Even the Star Lords don't know where he is. He knows he is on the splendid if horrific planet of Kregen, and in the continent of Loh, but nothing is familiar. He must find his way back to Makilorn, and from there to Tarankar to train an army to repel the Shanks...

Warlord of Antares

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 1843196875
Total Pages : 200 pages
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Download or read book Warlord of Antares written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His empire endangered by the diabolical schemes of the evil witch Csitra, Dray Prescot is summoned by the powerful Star Lords who warn of a dread menace approaching from the South. Dray must take on all challengers to become the Warlord of Kregen, uniting his people against the dual threat of Csitra's deadly magic and a seemingly unstoppable invasion by the Shanks, piratical warriors from the Southlands. This edition contains a glossary to the Witch War cycle. Warlord of Antares is the thirty-seventh book in the epic fifty-two book saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Burt Akers. The series continues with Scorpio Reborn.

Storm over Vallia

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 1843196778
Total Pages : 196 pages
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Download or read book Storm over Vallia written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drak, Crown Prince of Vallia, Dray Prescot's son, is sore beset on three sides. For one, he is leading an army of liberation against the usurper Alloran who had seized part of Vallia and was grinding Drak's troops down with blackest magic and most villainous mercenaries. For two, he is the target of a marriage plot by an allied queen, whose forces he needs desperately. For the third, he is in love with Silda, daughter of his father's loyal friend, Seg the Bowman. And Silda is now in Alloran's camp, a black leather swordswoman commanding the usurper's do or die guards! Magic, mystery, treason, warfare and romance make a heady concoction, and before this adventure is over, Drak will have had his fill of it all! Storm over Vallia is the thirty-fifth book in the epic fifty-two book saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Burt Akers. The series continues with Omens of Kregen.

Scourge of Antares

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 1843197561
Total Pages : 206 pages
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Download or read book Scourge of Antares written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are prepared to hurl yourself into adventure, to face peril with a brave heart, to risk all, then the marvelous world of Kregen offers you everything you have ever dreamed. For Dray Prescot the challenges are enormous. His task is to unite the sub-continent of Balintol against the Shanks, but due to the megalomaniac striving for power of various factions within the countries of Balintol, the whole place looks set to go up in flames. Prescot has uncovered some of the details of a plot by the cultists of the religion of Dokerty to turn ordinary men and women into receptacles for demons, who then destroy wantonly until the frail human body can no longer support the intolerable demonic forces. Now he has escaped from the Dokerty temple with a mysterious young woman, Veda. They are fleeing for their lives as the Suns of Scorpio descend into night...

The Delian Cycle

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 1843194023
Total Pages : 1435 pages
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Download or read book The Delian Cycle written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 1435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first five books in the Saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen are brought together in this omnibus edition. Together, they make up the Delian Cycle, in which Dray Prescot comes to terms with the alien world of Kregen. Here he tries to make sense of his situation: the Star Lords, the Savanti, the marvelous places, strange beasts and stranger people. And here he pursues his greatest love of two worlds, Delia of the Blue Mountains. Dray Prescot's saga has been aclaimed as the best planetary adventure series since Burroughs stopped writing about Barsoom. Transit to Scorpio On the planet Kregen that circles Antares, the brightest star of the Constellation of the Scorpion, two forces contend for the world's destiny. One of them, the Savanti, called in a human pawn from far-away Earth. His name is Dray Prescot, and only the Savanti know his role. But it soon turns out that Dray Prescot himself has to make a decision that will change him from a mere pawn to a bolder piece on the planetary chessboard... The Suns of Scorpio Slave of the colossus builders or scourge of the Inland Sea? Both roles await Dray Prescot on his return to Kregen. Torn between two contending forces, the Star Lords and the Savanti, Prescot himself wants only to find his beloved Delia of the Blue Mountains. But the powers that had drawn him across interstellar space to the world that orbit the red and green suns have set him a task, the nature of which even he cannot fully comprehend... Warrior of Scorpio Dray Prescot finds himself torn from the battles of the Inner Sea for a mission in the air. For it is now his mission to carry his beloved Delia by airboat to that far kingdom, Vallia, from whence she had come. But the route lies across the gaunt mountains and the shadowy jungles of the Hostile Territories, and there Dray will be plunged among stranger peoples and more fantastic challenges than even his Kregen princess has known. Swordships of Scorpio What does a man do when fate makes him the protector of the royal head of the land of his enemies? If he is Dray Prescot he sets aside his quest to reach Vallia and his princess Delia and help her claim her throne. But his duty is to defend Vallia's ancient foe and place its rightful heir on its throne. So when the pirate fleets known as the swordships come between the two contending demands, Dray sees that only by following his own personal star could the contradiction be resolved. Prince of Scorpio Dray Prescot has fought long and hard through perilous lands to claim the hand of the heiress to the mighty Vallia. Yet, when finally he sets foot in that long-sought empire, it is not as hero or noble. It is as an unknown, a mendicant, and finally as a condemned slave... This edition contains a map and glossary. planetary adventure, sword and planet, bulmer, adventure, series, kregen, krozair, dray prescot, sword, wizard, savanti, scorpio, antares, burroughs, gor, barsoom, sf, fantasy, science fiction, delia, pandahem, seg, kenneth bulmer, sword and sorcery, swordsman, swordfighting, alan burt akers

Beasts of Antares

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 1843196115
Total Pages : 235 pages
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Download or read book Beasts of Antares written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The marvelous adventures of Dray Prescot on Kregen, the world of wonders that orbits the twin suns of Antares in Scorpio, have become a science fiction saga to rival and perhaps surpass the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and others of the heroic fantasy band. This lone Earthman, once a pawn of cosmic powers, now enters a new cycle of his fabulous career as he rallies the warriors of Vallia for a final stand against the foes that have encircled them. And then, in an act of true Prescot bravado, he undertakes single handed to rescue three old friends from slavery in a distant land. The beasts of Antares are many and terrifying, but Prescot does not belong to the faint hearted. He will need every ounce of courage this time! Beasts of Antares is the twenty-third book in the epic fifty-two book saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Burt Akers. The series continues with Rebel of Antares.

Murder on Kregen

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Publisher : Mushroom Publishing
ISBN 13 : 184319774X
Total Pages : 168 pages
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Download or read book Murder on Kregen written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume fifty-one in the saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen, and the first book of the Spectre Cycle. A new page turns in the unruly life of Dray Prescot, and all his strengths and inner resources will be required to confront fresh problems and perils. The Star Lords, furthering their mysterious ends, demand that he unite all the continents and islands of Paz as an emperor. This task is beset with innumerable difficulties. So join Dray Prescot as he rides south from the port city of Zandikar on the inner sea of the continent of Turismond, the Eye of the World, with his blade comrade Seg Segutorio and the Princesses Velia and Didi of Vallia. Of course, as is the nature of Kregen, they face unexpected peril.

Gangs of Antares

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Publisher : Mushroom eBooks
ISBN 13 : 184319743X
Total Pages : 175 pages
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Download or read book Gangs of Antares written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lit by the ruby and emerald fires of Antares, the planet Kregen, four hundred light years away from Earth, is a world harsh yet beautiful, terrible yet alluring. There any man or woman may achieve what the heart desires if they plan and struggle and keep faith with their innate purpose. Kregen has its share of weaklings and the faint of heart, but their names are not writ large in the footnotes to the sagas to be found under the Suns of Scorpio. Dray Prescot has adventured widely over Kregen both at the behest of the Star Lords and to further his own vision. Now he is in the subcontinent of Balintol, where strangeness unlike any that he has previously encountered awaits him... Gangs of Antares is the forty-fifth book in the epic fifty-two book saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Burt Akers. The series continues with Demons of Antares.

Legions of Antares

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ISBN 13 : 1843196212
Total Pages : 231 pages
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Download or read book Legions of Antares written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom eBooks. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For too long the iron legions of the evil empress of Hamal have devastated the neighboring lands and islands of Kregen. Under the twin suns of Antares, that planet of marvels has been made a scene of carnage, rapine, and death. Dray Prescot, Earthman transported to Kregen, battled Empress Thyliss all the way, and at long last found himself nearing the showdown of his long campaign on his new homeland. Gathering about himself old allies and former enemies, Dray prepares to challenge the empress at the very doors of her capital city, until he discovers that she is about to spring her secret weapon: the super-science of the mad wizard of Loh. Legions of Antares is the twenty-fifth book in the epic fifty-two book saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Burt Akers. The series continues with Allies of Antares.

The Spectre Cycle

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Publisher : Mushroom Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843199254
Total Pages : 525 pages
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Download or read book The Spectre Cycle written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dray Prescot has been chosen by the Star Lords to be the so-called Emperor of All Paz. Together, the countries of Paz must resist the deadly Shanks who raid from over the curve of the world. Delia and Dray Prescot have abdicated the throne of Vallia and now seek to make the dream of a united Paz come true. Shadows over Kregen Whether Prescot is battling slavers and freeing slaves with the Kroveres of Iztar, or fighting Fish-heads in the land of the Shanks, he is certain to be thrown into more headlong adventures under the streaming mingled lights of the Suns of Scorpio. Murder on Kregen A new page turns in the unruly life of Dray Prescot, and all his strengths and inner resources will be required to confront fresh problems and perils. Join Dray Prescot as he rides south from the port city of Zandikar on the inner sea of the continent of Turismond, the Eye of the World, with his blade comrade Seg Segutorio and the Princesses Velia and Didi of Vallia. Of course, as is the nature of Kregen, they face unexpected peril... Turmoil on Kregen The undead monster called the Spectre has been destroyed. Didi herself lies seriously injured in Zandikar in the Eye of the World, lovingly tended by her cousin, Princess Velia. Ulana Farlan, the governor of Didi's province of Urn Vennar, has been removed from office. Now the rogue and schemer Nath Swantram, Nath the Clis, rules. But the Spectre, dead and animate, is about to terrorize Gafarden again as Tralgan Vorner, the wronged Elten of Culvensax, seeks vengeance on those who betrayed him. Within Vorner the Spectre lives. Including a glossary to the Spectre cycle.

The Balintol Cycle I

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Publisher : Mushroom Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843199157
Total Pages : 538 pages
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Download or read book The Balintol Cycle I written by Alan Burt Akers and published by Mushroom Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dray Prescot begins an entirely new phase of his adventures on Kregen, that magnificent and terrible world four hundred light years from Earth. Reared in the harsh conditions of Nelson's Navy, Dray Prescot failed to find success on Earth but has succeeded in winning fortune on Kregen. He is called the Emperor of Emperors, the Emperor of Paz, but he himself regards these titles as meaningless. Paz is a vast grouping of continents and islands and is inhabited by innumerable races and nations, so why should they band together under Prescot? The Star Lords themselves have chosen him for this heavy task. Intrigue of Antares In this, the first book of the Balintol cycle, the Star Lords have dispatched Dray Prescot to the town of Amintin in the continent of Balintol. Under the streaming mingled lights of the Suns of Scorpio, Dray Prescot sets forth on new adventures in the subcontinent of Balintol. Gangs of Antares All hell was due to break out in the country of Tolindrin, and the city of Oxonium, as the capital, was likely to receive more than its fair share. Dray Prescot is in the middle of it, and strangeness unlike any that he has previously encountered awaits him... Demons of Antares Dray Prescot's task of uniting the disparate countries so that all Paz can defend itself against the predatory, fish-headed Shanks from the other side of the world is complicated. And the megalomaniac desires of certain princes and nobles who are determined to win the crown of Tolindrin for themselves, and who are willing to destroy anyone who gets in their way, isn't helping. They have hired mercenary armies and allied themselves with the traditional enemies of the country. Prescot must travel to Prebaya, the capital of Caneldrin, and use all his strengths and all his scheming and tricks to achieve his goal with as little bloodshed as possible...