Voyage of Vengeance (Mission Earth) [Paperback]

L. Ron Hubbard (Author)

Book Description

Series: Mission Earth | Publication Date: October 1, 1989

I leaned out of the helicopter door, wind whipping me from the blades, to yell at Madison to stop.

I fired my gun to attract attention.

That did it! Madison saw us. He only had about a thousand feet to go with the dock ahead of him.

The pilot put Raht right beside Madison.

Raht grabbed the man by the arm.

Up went the pilot.

The vehicle was shooting forward -- IT WENT OFF THE END OF THE PIER!

Alien killer Soltan Griss rescues J. Walter Madman from certain death at the hands of the beautiful, deadly Countess Krak, and embarks on a VOYAGE OF VENGEANCE, covering half the globe on his multimillion-dollar yacht.

A trained cat kidnaps the infamous Whiz Kid on national television.

Grotesque aliens plot air piracy, using advanced technology from an extraterrestrial civilization.

Apparatus assassins conspire to destroy Fleet Combat Engineer Jetter Heller and sabotage his mission to save Earth from drowning in its own environmental pollution.

Will Heller and Krak survive? How does assassin Soltan Gris deal with a teenage nymphomaniac and a crazed PR genius?

Find out in VOYAGE OF VENGEANCE, Volume 7 of the action-packed MISSION EARTH dekalogy.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a wildly wicked and deliciously cynical work...a hilariously satirical view of society..." -- Kansas City Star

"...he'll sure roll them in the aisle." -- L.A. Daily News

"One of my all tiem favorite writers! On par with Jack London, Edgar Rice Borroughs and Dashiell Hammett." -- George Clayton Johnson "Logans Run"

About the Author

L. Ron Hubbard's legendary writing career spanned more than half a century of enduring literary achievement and creative influence, encompassing more than 250 published novels, novelettes, short stories and screenplays in every major genre. Among his best-selling and classic speculative fiction trend-setters are "Battlefield Earth," "Fear," and "Final Blackout.'

Product Details

• Paperback: 425 pages
• Publisher: Bridge Publications (CA) (October 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592120288
• ISBN-13: 978-1592120284
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,173,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 230 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Paralyzingly slow and nauseatingly sadistic, January 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Voyage of Vengeance (Mission Earth, Vol 7) (Paperback)

If this book is "science fiction at its very best," then I'm ready to give up the genre and read nothing but cheesy soft-core romance novels for the rest of my life. As L. Ron Hubbard (or the Scientologists assigned to ghost-write this dreck for him...Hubbard died in 1986 and it is widely believe this series was finished by other writers) realizes that even he can't fill this series up with any more subplots, we get several hundred pages of filler before the series finally turns in on itself and resolves things in the next book, "Disaster." The so-called "voyage" of this voluminous corpse of a book involves our "hero" Soltan Gris, as he is trapped on a yacht with Teenie Whopper the teenage nymphomaniac; the two of them take a sea tour of the Mediterranean Sea and resident countries in a fashion that mirrors L. Ron Hubbard's own voyages through that area. (While he was fleeing capture on his own ship, the "Apollo," Hubbard spent time sneaking around the Mediterranean, occasionally coming ashore, and hatching plots to expand Scientology in the Middle East and Africa. Most notable was his attempt to take over an African nation!) When Gris screws up and blows Teenie's plan down the drain, he finally comes back home to oversee his seemingly endless mission to disrupt Jettero Heller's plan to save the Earth. Heller finally breaks the plans of J. Warbler Madman, and we're treated to a lovely scene in which the passengers of a 747 airliner are mercilessly slaughtered by aliens, while Soltan Gris cheers them on.

"Science fiction at its best?" If you've managed to make your way this far, then be assured that the next book, "Disaster," actually gets down to some real action and is a lot easier to read than "Voyage of Vengance" or the SIX paralyzingly slow-moving books that precede it.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Read the Previous Review, November 6, 1999

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Fosky Bob "human" (Vacaville, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voyage of Vengeance (Mission Earth, Vol 7) (Paperback)

The previous review is fantastic. The story is readable..nothing more. And the nymphomaniac angle?..please...it gets so boring. All Hubbard writes about is sex, sex, sex. I'm starting to think he had a complex. As to the previous reviewers assertion that some of this was ghostwritten, I 100% agree. Starting with the second half of the 7th book, the author's tone changes noticeably..and declines in quality.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As Detailed..., July 16, 2010

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Bill Fry "Just Another Day In Paradise" - See all my reviews

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The books arrived on time and in perfect condition. They finished off my collection perfectly. Now, to find time to read...