Riveting, superbly plotted intrigue. The Death Battalion from the planet Voltar is sent by Apparatus Chief Lombar Hisst, who refuses to give up his maniacal plan to take over the throne from Emperor Cling the Lofty. Caught up in a power - crazed frenzy, Hisst holds the fate of the world and the entire Voltar Confederacy in his greedy, grasping hands. Can Fleet Combat Engineer Jettero Heller, the beautiful Countess Krak, and the dying Emperor survive? And will Heller be able to save Earth from ultimate destruction? "...loaded with action...one thriller after another." - Southbridge News Volume 9 of the biggest Science Fiction dekology ever written - Mission Earth.
- ISBN10 0606086757
- ISBN13 9780606086752
- Publish Date 1 January 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 February 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Turtleback Books
- Edition Turtleback School & Library ed.
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Pages 465
- Language English