Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire

About this book

The Terran Empire is crumbling at its edges, and only a handful of agents stand between civilization and the long night. Dominic Flandry, now a captain, is the sharpest of them: a wit, a duellist, a gifted chess player and a master of subtle manipulation. This fifth volume of Poul Anderson's celebrated Technic Civilization saga gathers a rich mix of short fiction and novels. It opens with "Outpost of Empire," in which rebellion flares on a frontier world and a far greater tragedy must be averted, followed by the novel The Day of Their Return. Flandry then takes centre stage in "Tiger by the Tail," "Honorable Enemies," and "The Game of Glory." In "Honorable Enemies" he faces the charming and ruthless Aycharaych, a mind-reading Chereionite who works with the Merseians. The volume concludes with the novel A Message in Secret. Included are an introduction by editor Hank Davis and Sandra Miesel's chronology of Technic Civilization. The stories appear in Anderson's own revised, preferred versions. If you love swashbuckling space adventure, interstellar intrigue and a hero who fights as well with his brain as with a blaster, this is a perfect way to follow Flandry's career. Start reading online instantly in your browser, with no download required.

Author

Poul Anderson, Hank Davis

Length

~577 pages

Reading time

11 h 30 min

Chapters

13

Released

November 11, 2026

Languages

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Formats

eBook

Print format

Paperback, 13.5 × 21 cm, 560 pages

ISBN

1439133336

Age rating

Teen 13+