A Sword for Kregen (Dray Prescot #20) [Paperback]

Alan Burt Akers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 7, 1979

The most popular game among the many peoples of Kregen, world of Antares, is one that resembles chess, called Jikaida. Jikaida is a battle of wits and war game pieces that suited well the tension charged atmosphere that enveloped Dray Prescot. For reconquering Vallia was assuming the aspect of such a game - move versus countermove, horde against horde! Then Dray Prescot found himself no longer in control of just a game - he had become a living chessman on a real-life board at the dreaded arena of Jikaida City. There every move was accompanied by bloodshed and behind every game might hang the fate of a city, an island, or even a nation!

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: DAW; First Edition edition (August 7, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879974850
• ISBN-13: 978-0879974855
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,070,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best swordsman on Two Worlds, September 24, 2011

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Charles Gramlich (Metairie,, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is the first of the Dray Prescott books that I read, and it started a lifelong love affair with this series by Ken Bulmer (writing as Alan Burt Akers). Dray Prescot is the best swordsman on two worlds, Earth and Kregen. Except, in this book he meets his match, even his superior. And how he overcomes this is the meat of the story.