Rogue Berserker - Softcover

Saberhagen, Fred

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ISBN 10: 1416520694 ISBN 13: 9781416520696

Publisher: Baen, 2006

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Harry Silver has already had a lifetime of trouble from ordinary Berserkers, the automated killing machines programmed an age ago to denude the galaxy of life. Now when his own family is kidnapped, he faces a deviant machine, a good fit for some or all of the Galactic Dictionary's definitions of ROGUE:
ROGUE: (1) A deceitful, double-dealing evildoer .. . (4) A fierce elephant or stamodont that has been banished from the herd . . . (10) Having a peculiarly malevolent or unstable nature . . . (11) No longer loyal, affiliated, or recognized, and hence not governable or accountable . . . erring, apostate. - Galactic Dictionary of the Common Tongue
Ordinary Berserkers armed with weapons powerful enough to kill an entire planet were enough of a nightmare. What worse deviltry will a killing machine gone rogue attempt-and even if Silver can stop it, will he ever see his family alive again?

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About the Author:

Fred Saberhagen is the top-selling author of many popular science fiction and fantasy series. His Berserkers� have menaced the universe for over 40 years. His "Swords" and "Lost Swords" stories have caught the imagination of many fantasy readers. Equally intriguing are Saberhagen's exploits in the area of historical fantasy where figures such as Hitler and Lincoln, Daedalus and the pharaohs, populate his alternate worlds. On the border of history and fantasy Fred has created a unique picture of an old favorite, Dracula. More recent is the "Book of the Gods" series, a new telling of the ancient myths. Many of his works also appear in tape and e-book format. Before abandoning himself to imagination, he served in the US Air Force, worked as a civilian electronics technician, and wrote and edited articles on science and technology for the Encyclopedia Britannica. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives and works with his wife, Joan Spicci, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Even those who have lost count of Saberhagen's Berserker novels should applaud this one. Rogue pilot Harry Silver is hired by a wealthy magnate to retrieve the magnate's abducted wife and daughter. One of Silver's archrivals, the pilot Satranji, is also part of the scheme, as is a naval architect who has devised a fast scout ship that looks exactly like one of the smaller berserkers. Ideal for penetrating berserker-held space, this ship is not the only oddity in Harry's path. Others include an assassin machine sent by Berserker High Command to terminate a rogue berserker, a sex-surrogate robot, the aforementioned rogue berserker, and the abduction of Harry's own family. After much fast action during which characterizations and hardware remain well balanced, Harry gets his family back, but the rogue berserker, which kidnapped them for research on humans, is still on the loose. Substantial rewards for sophisticated and longtime Berserker fans. Roland Green
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