Book by E. C. Tubb

Cyber Prime surveyed the domains of his vast scattered empire with trepidation. Central Intelligence had ruled the empire in the past. Now he knew that this gigantic computer was degenerating, breaking up after years of use. Only one man could save them: Earl Dumarest, a lonely space traveller engaged on a long quest to find his birth planet, Earth. The Cybers must find and intercept him. But before the Cybers discover Dumarest, they encounter Eloise, a beautiful seductress who drives logic from their minds . . .

Dumarest befriended a young man who said his home world was called Nerth. Earth?

Dumarest, coming closer to the trail of the mythical Earth, is forced to divert his attention to hunt 6r a nebulous ghost world. That planet was said to hold on its surface a castle of heart's desire—where every wish would be fulfilled, including, perhaps, the return to Earth itself!

Fictional Novel, Sci-Fi, Juvenile Literature

Dumarest had been to many worlds in his long quest for Earth, but none were to entrap him as dangerously as Zakym. A mere stop on his route, Dumarest had thought, but he had not known then of the things that made Zakym of the double-sun unique. One was the daily recurrence of the dead—the time of delusia when spectres walked and criticized the works of the living. The other was the Pact—the unwritten treaty with an unseen species that divided the world forever. In daytime it belonged to humanity; after dark it became a hostile and alien planet. Dumarest thought Zakym would be a mere stopover on his quest, but the living, the dead, and the invisible decided otherwise.

Urgent message from Central Intelligence to local Cyber agent: "You will proceed to the planet Zakym with the utmost dispatch. Dumarest is not to be killed or his intelligence placed in danger. This is of utmost priority. Once found he is to be removed from the planet immediately. "Zakym is approaching a critical state as regards the stability of its present culture. Find Dumarest and move him before he becomes embroiled in a war!" But Earl Dumarest, seeker of Lost Terra, was not ready to leave Zakym, world of the night rulers and the day people. He had a romance to defend, he had a mystery to be solved, and had his next step to the mysterious Sol system to be determined.

An art collector seemed an unlikely prospect for information on the galactic coordinates of the forgotten planet Earth. But Earl Dumarest never overlooked any clue—& when he defended an art devotee named Sardia, he was unexpectedly rewarded by the sight of the painting she sought. For in its sky was the unmistakable features of cratered Luna, Earth's equally fabled satellite. Sardia said the painter of the picture lived on a planet called Ath—& that was significant. So to Ath they went, she to find the painter, Dumarest to find the source of the accurate lunar presentation. But Ath was not yet Earth. Between the painter & the seekers stood the ominous forces of the Cyclan & the enigmatic insurrectionists called the Ohrm.

The Cyclan was the greatest concentration of intelligence in a thousand worlds - and yet Earl Dumarest continued to elude it. For too long. Bochner was the greatest hunter of a hundred worlds - a man more than wise to the wiles of beasts and men. And now he was on the trail of the most dangerous and most challenging quarry of his Earl Dumarest. While Dumarest searched for lost Terra, the Cyclan and Bochner searched for him. Of all the nightmare worlds of the universe, the hunt this time was to lead to the Quillian Sector. The Quillian the place where space goes mad... (First published 1978)

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It was touch and go for Earl Dumarest when the slavers of the Matriarchy of Onorldi struck his work camp. Had he not captured the Matriarch herself during the fight, it might have spelled his doom when the slavers triumphed. — Because even though the odds had turned heavily against him, he was able to strike a bargain. The Matriarch's child daughter, Iduna had disappeared into the mind-trap of the Tau. If he could follow, find her, and return with her, he would have his freedom and a chance to locate the lost Earth he sought. So it was into Iduna's private universe he went—the creation of the Tau under the shims and fancies of a restless and spoiled planetary princess. To escape, Dumarest had to putwit her monster playthings, outfight her hideous horrors. and outdream her satanic fantasies...

That there was ever a planet called Earth only Earl Dumarest believed. He had been seeking it a long time, though nobody else at the crowded galactic center believed in it. He had acquired some bits of information during his search outwards: a Terrestrial zodiac, an authentic painting of Luna, a general series of hints that he was getting closer. Then he learned of a man who knew where Earth was, who had the special coordinates that would take a starship directly to it. The man had lived on Elysius, and his widow knew where his data were. She demanded a price from Dumarest—a chore that involved a mining expedition which would bring her back a fortune and him the information. But Elysius was not the Elysium its name projected and THE TERRA DATA not so rapidly come by!

Ascelius was an academic world, whose primary business was teaching the knowledge of the thousands of worlds, and housing great universities and colleges, populated by students and scholars from all over the galaxy. Such a world was surely the place to learn of the legendary planet called Earth. Dumarest went to Ascelius, and, indeed, he found that there had once been a study group for Earth lore. To find the remnants of it, to seek out the discarded files of their discussions, was not easy. Not when the dreaded Cyber already had a toe-hold on Ascelius, and genetic engineering of man and monster was the latest fad. But Dumarest was not a quitter. Whatever the tests might demand, he would no flunk out although it might mean death for others - and possibly himself.

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In his long quest to locate Earth, Earl Dumarest encounters a painting that contains familiar astrological symbols. This painting and the object it represents leads him to the Terridae, a strange cult on the edge of space whose members while away the years in pleasure, awaiting the rediscovery of the lost planet Earth... Meanwhile, the vicious cybers of Cyclan continue to hunt Dumarest to regain the secret of the "affinity twin": knowledge which will allow them to conquer the galaxy.

The Terridae believed the lost Earth was heaven and utopia combined. In their artificial planet, they moved slowly through the universe in search of it. And in their eyes, the rediscovery of Earth was to be the Event. Now they said the Event was coming Earl Dumarest - who was born on Earth and knew the truth - was an unwelcome visitor among them. If they knew of Earth's whereabouts, they were not telling him. But another Event was already on its way. A Cyclan ship was rapidly approaching the Terridae's world, confident that this time Dumarest would fall into their heartless clutches. Dumarest was not ready to flee - but if he stayed there would be no Earth for him, only a long, lingering doom. (First published 1982)

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"Welcome to the circus of Chen Wei! A spectacle of marvels culled from a thousand worlds! Things that will fill you with rapture!" There could be little to surprise Dumarest. But Chen Wei's circus was special. It held Melome - the girl-child whose song could bring back forgotten data from the logs of lost spaceships and true visions of mythical Terra. She was surely the key to Dumarest's next step - but that circus was more than an entertainment. It was a deadly trap . . .

Angado (DUmarest of #29) BY TUBB

Dumarest — — Clues from Angado, clues from the lady Govinda, clues of all types, all leading to the lost planet called Earth. But the clues all led first to a collector of ancient wisdom name Tama Chenault. For Dumarest, that was sufficient. — But Chenault turned out to be a wily and eccentric man in a planet of feuding nobility. He had assembled a group of strange oodballs about him, he defied the customs of the entrenched powers—and he took Dumarest under his banner. He would reveal the whereabouts of Earth as the reward for Dumarest's allegiance. Once again Dumarest was pitted against a doubting and hostile world. Once again he had the rare opportunity of winning for himself not only life and safety but the road to legendary Terra.

Earl Dumarest travels to the world of the Guardians in hopes of finding information about the legendary planet, Earth, but is pursued by the Cyclan, who hope to steal his body-switching formula

The long awaited 33rd volume in the Dumarest of Terra saga by E.C. Child of Earth. With cover art by award-winning artist Doug Klauba, and a special introduction by Chris Bentley, this limited-edition printing of 1,000 copies brings closure to the long-running Dumarest of Terra saga that started in 1967, with the first U.S. publication of Winds of Gath.