Interstellar Patrol II: The Federation of Humanity

Christopher Anvil

ISBN 10: 0743498925 / ISBN 13: 9780743498920

Published by Baen, Riverdale, NY, 2005

About this Item

First edition. Very good in like dust jacket. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, now in new removable protective cover. Black boards, gold print on the spine; spine is bumped. Pages are clean and unmarked, aging. Baen hard cover with dust jacket, first edition March 2005 (stated), first printing (complete number line). ISBN: 9780743498920, 648 pages. Cover art by Jeff Easley. 8vo (6.5" x 9.5") Finishes collecting all of the author's Interstellar Patrol stories, including the novel Warlord's World, and adds in the stories set in the related Federation of Humanity universe. Christopher Anvil was a consistently entertaining author, most active in the 1960s and 1970s, whose stories appeared frequently in Astounding and Analog.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interstellar Patrol II: The Federation of Humanity
• Publisher: Baen, Riverdale, NY
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743498925
• ISBN 13: 9780743498920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jeff Easley
• Edition: first edition.
• Printing: 1st printing
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Vaughan Roberts and his two companions had been trapped on a crime-ridden, chaotic planet until they bamboozled the population with a gigantic hoax-which brought them to the attention of the Interstellar Patrol, who were looking for a few good con men, capable of ingenious improvisation and adept at playing dirty tricks on the bad guys. The new recruits acquited themselves admirably, so they naturally were given more tough nuts to crack, including:ú Flummoxing an alien empire which has taken a number of human prisoners as reconnaisance for an invasion. This has a personal aspect, since the prisoners are from the planet which Roberts tricked into reforming. . . .ú Stopping a plan by not-so-good Samaritans who are pretending to cure a planetary plague-which they introduced to the planet-with a "miracle" drug which creates an addiction to the same drug, which the schemers will be glad to continue supplying for ever-increasing sums . . .ú Not only rescuing some Patrol personnel taken hostage by fanatics who plan to execute them one at a time until their leader is released, but convincing other fanatics throughout the galaxy that the consequences of threatening anyone in the Patrol are too terrible even to think about. . . .ú Making sure that the rightful heir to a planet's throne escapes from captivity and overthrows the usurper. This time there's a complication: Roberts may be falling for the ruler's beautiful sister. . . . And much more. . . .

About the Author

For two decades, Christopher Anvil had numerous stories in the major science fiction magazines, and was a frequent and popular contributor to the leading magazine, Analog, where he consistently ranked high in the reader's polls, and had several stories nominated for Hugo and Nebula awards. Like Keith Laumer, he has a rare ability to combine fast-moving adventure with humor. His previous books for Baen were Pandora's Legions and Interstellar Patrol. His other novels include Strangers in Paradise; Warlord's World; The Steel, The Mist and the Blazing Sun; and The Day the Machines Stopped.