Hi-tech knights dueling in the cold vacuum of space. The victors claim the glory, while the defeated are blasted into a super-heated steel-and-alloy nova. They are the warrior breed. Madmen, mercenaries and heroes, they take their chances in the most dangerous game in the galaxy. Matching their skills against enemies without mercy...on battlefields measured in light-years... with weapons of savage destruction—all they ask is a fast ship and a little luck. 6 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • (1955) • Cordwainer Smith 21 • The Immortal • (1965) • Gordon R. Dickson 58 • City of Yesterday • (1967) • Terry Carr 67 • Industrial Accident • (1980) • G. Harry Stine 87 • Ender's Game • (1977) • Orson Scott Card 125 • The Claw and the Clock • (1971) • Christopher Anvil 148 • Time Piece • (1970) • Joe Haldeman 157 • Medal of Honor • (1960) • Mack Reynolds 185 • Wings Out of Shadow • (1974) • Fred Saberhagen 204 • Gambler's War • (1980) • Eric Vinicoff and Marcia Martin 221 • Safe to Sea • (1988) • David Drake 236 • Empire Dreams • (1985) • Ian McDonald 259 • Stars, Won't You Hide Me? • (1966) • Ben Bova 273 • Waiting in Crouched Halls • (1970) • Edward Bryant 285 • Early Bird • (1973) • Theodore R. Cogswell and Theodore L. Thomas