Lone Star (Stellar Ranger) [Paperback]

Steve Perry (Author)

Book Description

Series: Stellar Ranger | Publication Date: January 1995

Responding to a summons by a desperate local leader, Cinch Carston journeys to the jungle planet Mtizito in order to round up a gang of terrorists and discovers an unexpected web of corruption that targets the Stellar Ranger himself.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

The author of the highly successful Matador saga seems in his new series, Stellar Ranger (of which this is the second book), to be thumbing his nose at all the old guard in sf who roundly denounce translating western plots into sf settings. For to a degree that is certainly what Perry is doing: Stellar Ranger Cinch Carston would get along famously with Wyatt Earp or Texas John Slaughter. Perry does, however, also tell a highly readable sf action story with his usual exuberance of incident and breakneck pacing. The plot involves Carston's being sent to a jungle world to round up three rebels who are, however, rebelling against attempted genocide, which puts the matter in a different light and, in due course, Carston on a different side. Perry clearly has fun writing action sf; his readers are likely to have an equally enjoyable time. Roland Green

Product Details

• Paperback: 10 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm); First Edition edition (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380773023
• ISBN-13: 978-0380773022
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,821,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm married, got kids, grandkids, dogs, all like that. Ex-hippie, long-time martial artist, duffer on the guitar.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great read, March 29, 2008

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Ronny E. Smith (Pooler, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lone Star (Stellar Ranger) (Paperback)

I remember reading this book back in 1996, and got hooked. Since that time, I have kept an eye open for a sequel that never appeared. I think it could have easily been written into several more books. The ideal of a cowboy space ranger is very appealing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Ranger's last ride?, April 26, 2007

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Gunner (Smyrna, Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lone Star (Stellar Ranger) (Paperback)

Stellar Ranger, Lone Star, (1995) by Steve Perry is the first of what I thought was going to be his next series after the Mattadora series, but alas, I can't find a sequel. I have, however found a prequel.

Stellar Ranger is about an aging Stellar Ranger, Rudyard "Cinch" Carson on an assignment to the frontier planet of Mtizito where he finds a crooked governor trying to take advantage of a native sentient group that few think are sentient.

The book is full of action, typical of Perry, but you'll have to read it yourself to see if the good guys win or not.

All in all an enjoyable read. I just wish Perry would write a sequel. Maybe ,even, a whole series.

Gunner April,2007