Territory

About this book

On the frozen world of t'Kela, the air is poison, the nights are sixty below zero, and the natives are fighting for survival as their planet slowly dies. Xenologist Joyce Davisson came to the ice desert on an Esperancian mission with one aim: to help the people of this harsh land. Then the whistle of a war party sounds outside her dome, gunpowder blasts tear open the walls, and the people she trusted turn on her. With her staff dying around her, Joyce's only ally is the last person she would have chosen: Nicholas van Rijn, the flamboyant, snuff-stained, loud-mouthed merchant prince of the Polesotechnic League, who arrived to find new trade and has no intention of dying on a frozen rock. Poul Anderson's classic science fiction novella, first published in Analog Magazine in 1963, pairs hard-edged planetary adventure with sharp ideas about cultures in collision, idealism, commerce and survival. Fast, tense and full of van Rijn's unforgettable rants, Territory is a perfect pick for fans of vintage space adventure and the golden age of SF. Open it in your browser and start reading instantly on E-ComicBooks.com.

Author

Poul Anderson

Length

~75 pages

Reading time

1 h 30 min

Chapters

13

Released

November 11, 2026

Languages

🇬🇧 EN · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇷 PT-BR · 🇲🇽 ES-MX · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇺🇦 UK · 🇨🇿 CS · 🇸🇰 SK · 🇬🇷 EL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇷🇸 SR · 🇸🇮 SL · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇪🇪 ET · 🇸🇪 SV · 🇩🇰 DA · 🇳🇴 NB · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇯🇵 JA · 🇰🇷 KO · 🇨🇳 ZH · 🇹🇼 ZH-TW · 🇮🇩 ID · 🇻🇳 VI · 🇹🇭 TH · 🇮🇳 HI · 🇸🇦 AR · 🇮🇱 HE

Formats

eBook

Print format

Paperback, 13.5 × 21 cm, 80 pages

Age rating

Teen 13+