This Halcyon Classics ebook is Philip José Farmer's sci-fi thriller RASTIGNAC THE DEVIL. Farmer (1918-2009) was a successful science fiction and fantasy writer, best known for his World of Tiers and Riverworld series. Farmer won several awards for his writing, including eight Hugo awards in a career spanning more than sixty years. Enslaved by a triangular powered despotism—one lone man sets his sights to the Six Bright Stars and eventual freedom of his world. This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.