The Chantry Guild - Hardcover

Dickson, Gordon R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 044110276X ISBN 13: 9780441102761

Publisher: Ace Books, 1988

Synopsis

Amanda Morgan, a Dorsai warrior, warns Hal Mayne that Bleys Ahrens is strengthening his control of the Younger Worlds and asks Hal to help the Chantry Guild in opposing Ahrens

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From Publishers Weekly:

Dickson's vast Childe Cycle ( Soldier , Ask Not , The Final Encyclopedia ) is taken one further step with this story of a conceptual breakthrough by the Dorsai mercenary and philosopher Hal Mayne. The action is slim here as a frustrated Mayne, stymied in his efforts to conceive a strategy to save Old Earth from its overwhelming foe, the Others, visits the secretive, quasi-religious Chantry Guild on the planet Kultis. While absorbing their teaching, he helps the Guild evade local soldiers and has an unexpected meeting with his nemesis, Bleys Ahrens. Although the protagonist's quest and Dickson's conviction are generally engrossing, the novel suffers from many of the pitfalls of Dickson's other solemn, parable-like tales. In its weaker moments, the prose teeters toward psychobabble as bland superman Mayne pushes a reluctant human race toward a level where they "would have more, be more, and choose more wisely."
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 044110276X
• ISBN 13: 9780441102761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 428