The Nebular Kingdoms had been conquerd hald a century before by the merciless Tyranni. Now Biron Farrill's father had disappeared.
The Rebellious Stars (The Stars, Like Dust)
β Scribed by Isaac Asimov
- Book ID
- 115132933
- Publisher
- Ace Books
- Year
- 1950
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Series
- Galactic Empire; 1
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Biron Farrell was young and naΓ―ve, but he was growing up fast. A radiation bomb planted in his dorm room changed him from an innocent student at the University of Earth to a marked man, fleeing desperately from an unknown assassin.He soon discovers that, many light-years away, his father, the highly respected Rancher of Widemos, has been murdered. Stunned, grief-stricken, and outraged, Biron is determined to uncover the reasons behind his fatherβs death, and becomes entangled in an intricate saga of rebellion, political intrigue, and espionage.The mystery takes him deep into space where he finds himself in a relentless struggle with the power-mad despots of Tyrann. Now it is not just a case of life or death for Biron, but a question of freedom for the galaxy.
(my conversion)
βThe Earth had been made hopelessly radioactive and useless by atomic warfare, but young Biron Farrill, a student in the University of Earth, nevertheless found himself involved in a struggle that was worse because of the mystery in it, His father, on another planet, had been murdered and the young man himself was marked for violent death.
βThe
only certainty was that his pursuers, whose identities were unknown to him,
were agents of would-be conquerors of everything and everybody in the galaxy.
But young Farrill had to find out why he and his father had been marked for
destruction. How he fought and what he found out while he even went into the
blackness of a nebula to save himself make a suspenseful story.
βThis is
a Grade A item in the science-fiction category.β
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