Transit to Scorpio (Dray Prescot, #1) (Dray Prescot, #1) (Delian Cycle, #1)

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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.Dray Prescot confronted a fabulous world barbaric, unmapped, peopled with both human and non human races But there were always the Star Lords to watch and check the Savanti s plans And it soon turned out that Dray Prescot himself had to make a decision that would change him from a mere pawn to a bolder piece on the planetary chessboardBook one of the 52 volume saga of Dray Prescot. Free Read Transit to Scorpio (Dray Prescot, #1) (Dray Prescot, #1) (Delian Cycle, #1) author Alan Burt Akers For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A Conan by any other name would still smell as sweatyTechnically this is a Sword and Planet novel, a quite specific little fantasy sub genre where an Earthman is mysteriously transported to another planet where he swashbuckels among various barbarian human and non human cultures and there s always a princess who needs res...Some of the best sword and planet ever written begins with this book I absolutely loved this series Aside from all the obvious awesome stuff weird alien places, even weirder alien demi humans and monsters, hack n slash action, a wonderfully understated love story there are a couple of other things I really like about the series The 1st person narration is rather to the point, but not without the occasional bit of very dry humour There is very little whiny, woe is me, tortured inner life Some of the best sword a...This is the first in the series The real author for the whole series is Kenneth Bulmer, a British SF fantasy writer, but he wrote them under the name Alan Burt Akers Supposedly, the stories were told to Akers by Dray Prescot, via audio tapes Prescot is the hero of the stories.As for my rankings for this whole series, be aware that I just love Sword Planet fiction That means in many cases my rankings might be somewhat higher than those given by readers of fantasy who are not so enamor This is the first in the series The real author for the whole series is Kenneth Bulmer, a British SF fantasy writer, but he wrote them under the name Alan Burt Akers Supposedly, the stories were told to Akers by Dray Prescot, via audio tapes Prescot is the hero of the stories.As for my rankings for this whole series, be aware that I just love Sword Planet fiction That means in many cases m...The first volume in the Dray of Prescott series, the tale of an eighteenth century man drawn to the world of Kregen, circling the star Antares four hundred light years away He is first brought there by the Star Lords as an audition for champion.He first meets the lady that will be his love of his life, Delia of The Blue Mountains a girl with a crippled foot There is the means to heal her, springs with healing properties that he d bathed in, giving him a thousand years of robust health A bath The first volume in the Dray of Prescott series, the tale of an eighteenth century man drawn to the world of Kregen, circling the star Antares four hundred light years away He is first brought there by the Star Lor...So why did I throw a planetary romance adventure on my phone Because there s a part of me that like exploring sub genres in depth I read all of the John Carter books, and I know I have to get to Gullivar Jones, butWhat the hell is so good about the Dray Prescot books that over 40 of them got written My initial thought is that they kept making money for the publisher Cynical ju...If you are a John Carter of Mars fan or enjoy the displaced person on another world then this series is for you The books run in long story arcs so you can read just a few to complete a plot line or go for the whole set Akers creates a very complex world for the hero to adventure in RecommendedI m curious where the author is going with this There s obviously some form of plan afoot the relationship and possible rivalry between the Savanti and the Star Lords and their manipulation of affairs on the planet Kregan, and the mysterious prophecy alluded to when Prescot provides a forbidden...Don t judge the rest of this fine John Carter of Mars type of series by the opener It s not bad, but Kenneth Bulmer writing as Alan Burt Akers writing as Dray Prescot turned out a first book that is comparati...Not sure how I found this and I m not about to buy the next one It s a cardboard cut out of several basic tropes and having read God of Mars, I m struck by the similarities and the fact this one is bad by compar...Read back in the 70s

Transit to Scorpio (Dray Prescot, #1) (Dray Prescot, #1) (Delian Cycle, #1)
  • English
  • 19 March 2017
  • 179 pages
  • 0860078027
  • Alan Burt Akers
  • Transit to Scorpio (Dray Prescot, #1) (Dray Prescot, #1) (Delian Cycle, #1)