A Circus of Hells
| First published | May 1970 |
|---|---|
| Type | Novel |
| Series | Technic History › Dominic Flandry |
Synopsis
<b>From the front flap of the Gregg Press edition:</b> "Ace Lieutenant Dominic Flandry of the Terran Empire's Naval Flight Corps continues his never ending battle against the enemies of the Empire. Flandry, although unorthodox in his style, is a man not easily swayed from his duty to the Empire. Not, that is, until he is offered an enormous bribe, a voluptuous woman called Djana, and a chance to explore Wayland, a dark and treasure-laden moon. Although the old records claimed it was totally barren, Flandry found Wayland swarming with a hideous race of inhuman creates, each 30 centimeters long, with 10 claw-footed legs, a tail ending in twin spikes, and a head on which half-dozen antennae moved. And what was worse - these strange creatures were infernally controlled by a deranged and brilliant computer brain. Each, like a piece in a bizarre and vicious chess game, was programmed to kill..."
Notes
Part of this novel appeared, in a somewhat different form in Galaxy Magazine for August 1969 under the title "The White King's War."[Link]
The story in this book takes place in A.D. 3021 according to the timeline in A Chronology of Technic Civilization
Publications (20)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1970 | A Circus of Hells | Signet / New American Library | Novel | 7 |
| May 1970 | A Circus of Hells | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Novel | 7 |
| November 1978 | A Circus of Hells | Sphere Books | Novel | 5 |
| 1979 | A Circus of Hells | Robert Hale | Novel | |
| August 1979 | A Circus of Hells | Gregg Press | Novel | 7 |
| April 1980 | A Circus of Hells | Signet / New American Library | Novel | 7 |
| 1984 | A Circus of Hells | Sphere | Novel | 5 |
| 1987 | A Circus of Hells | Sphere | Novel | 5 |
| 1987 | A Circus of Hells | Sphere | Novel | 5 |
| February 1988 | A Circus of Hells | Signet / New American Library | Novel | |
| January 1993 | Flandry | Baen Books | Omnibus | 3 |
| June 2000 | The Imperial Stars | Science Fiction Book Club | Omnibus | 183 |
| January 2010 | Young Flandry | Baen Books | Omnibus | 193 |
| September 2011 | Young Flandry | Baen Books | Omnibus | 275 |
| September 2011 | A Circus of Hells | Gateway / Orion | Novel | |
| December 2013 | Young Flandry | Baen Books | Omnibus | |
| January 2021 | Young Flandry | Tantor Audio | Omnibus | |3 |
| January 2021 | Young Flandry | Tantor Audio | Omnibus | |
| March 2021 | Young Flandry | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | Omnibus | |
| March 2021 | Young Flandry | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | Omnibus |