This Fortress World

James E. Gunn

Original title: This fortress world

first published 1955 Sphere, 1977 192 pages

Sphere science fiction

William Dane is a man with a nasty, but valuable secret, one that all the cutthroats in the galaxy are itching to get their hands on. Dane must perfect the art of concealing himself from the crazed factions yearning for the power that this secret can give them or die at the hands of the most brutal men alive. He's a man on the run from the entire galaxy, but one day that won't be the case. One day in the deadly game...

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This Fortress World ebook · 2001 · ereads.com
This Fortress World edition · 1979 · Berkley · 201 pages · 9780425038819
This fortress world edition · 1977 · Sphere · 192 pages

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