The Stars in Shroud
1969
First Published
3.17
Average Rating
273
Number of Pages
Capt. Ling Sanjen suffers thru a mutiny that dishonors him, an illness that nearly destroys him & a war that redeems him. A Caucasian in a post-apocalyptic world where Orientals rule, Sanjen's a social misfit. His career as a fleet captain ends when he makes the mistake of being right while everyone else is wrong & gets courtmartialed on the word of his trusted 2nd-in-command, the unscrupulously ambitious Tonji. Ignoring Sanjen's advice, the Empire gets embroiled in a one-sided war with the mysterious beings known as the Quarn, with catastrophic results. Only after surviving a long bout with despair is Sanjen able to function again. It's at this point that Tonji, now his superior, sends him to supervise the defense of a remote planet called Veden, where the real story begins. Sanjen must survive assassination attempts, civil unrest, religious fanatics, mind control and seemingly endless treachery.
Avg Rating
3.17
Number of Ratings
195
5 STARS
9%
4 STARS
25%
3 STARS
45%
2 STARS
19%
1 STARS
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Author
Gregory Benford
Author · 44 books
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. As a science fiction author, Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977). This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient mechanical life.
