Hostage Of Zir [Paperback]

L. Sprague DeCamp (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Ace (November 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441342965
• ISBN-13: 978-0441342969
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,229,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Krishna Revisted - Mayhem as a Tour Guide, February 16, 2001

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This review is from: Hostage Of Zir (Paperback)

One of the several and too few "Z" books set on the planet of Krishna, the Hostage of Zir introduces Fergus Reith, the "hero" as such of several subsequent Krishnan books, a stand-in Tour Guide for the Magic Carpet Travel Agency wrastled into leading a simple tour guide on the planet. The first tour group. Easy enough.

By the end of the book Reith is torn between completing the task and boiling the members of the group in hot oil, and that illustrates the travails these mild, ordinary people put him through with their zany and constant antics. From such simple feats as insulting locals and risking a lynch mob to such exotic fare as getting kidnapped in a power ploy, they provide non-stop hair pulling entertainment.

Not the least bit the local natives are slightly green skinned and have feathery tufts from their eyebrows. And prove to be quiet "human" despite those differences!