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Pawn's Gambit: And Other Stratagems

This collection showcases the career-launching short fiction of Timothy Zahn, acclaimed author of Blackcollar, the Quadrail series, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

The pieces included in Pawn’s Gambit range from the adventure science fiction Timothy Zahn is famous for to post-apocalyptic tales and humorous fantasy. In “The Price of Survival,” an alien ship arrives in our solar system without hostile intentions — but with a desperate need that could destroy humanity. “The Giftie Gie Us” is set in a post-apocalyptic United States, in which two lonely survivors find love among the ruins. And in the title story, a human and his alien opponent face off over a game that will decide which one of them will return home — and which will not. This collection also includes the Hugo Award — winning novella Cascade Point and eight stories previously unpublished in book form.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 342
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781504016223
  • Genres
  • fantasy, fiction, anthologies
  • Release date
  • 2016