A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
| First published | May 1975 |
|---|---|
| Type | Novel |
| Series | Technic History › Dominic Flandry |
Synopsis
<b>From the front flap of the Gregg Press edition:</b> "The Terran Empire is crumbling - and it requires the remarkable talents of Sir Dominic Flandy, bon vivant, universal troubleshooter, and Knight in Earth's Imperial Space Navy, to put the pieces back together. A hint of trouble and the purchase of an aristocratic slave girl send Flandry on a quick flight to Diomedes aboard his well-equipped spacer <i>Hooligan</i>. Once there, a diabolically unorthodox gambit nets Dominic the data he both needs and dreads to find. As he had suspected, the Diomedean unrest was merely a thin smoke screen, masking a deadly plan for galaxy-wide insurrection and civil war that could blast the tottering Empire into its component planets, leaving it easy prey for the neighboring Merseian federation. Time is running out for the Empire, and only Dominic Flandry, half a universe away from the real trouble planet of Dennitza, has the knowledge to prevent an explosion which could spark the beginning of the end for Terran civilization."
Notes
The story in this book takes place A.D. 3047 according to the timeline in A Chronology of Technic Civilization
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Locus Poll Award | Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
Publications (18)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| May 1975 |
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A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Nelson Doubleday / SFBC | Novel | 1 |
| October 1975 |
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A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Signet / New American Library | Novel | 7 |
| October 1975 |
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A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Novel | 7 |
| January 1978 |
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A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Sphere Books | Novel | 7 |
| August 1979 |
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A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Gregg Press | Novel | 7 |
| November 1982 |
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The Rebel Worlds / A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Signet / New American Library | Omnibus | |
| November 1982 |
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The Rebel Worlds / A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Omnibus | |
| 1984 |
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A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Sphere Books | Novel | 7 |
| November 1987 |
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A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Signet / New American Library | Novel | 9 |
| February 1993 |
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A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Tor | Novel | 1 |
| December 2010 |
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Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra | Baen Books | Omnibus | 239 |
| December 2010 |
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Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra | Baen Books | Omnibus | 5 |
| September 2011 |
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A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | Gateway / Orion | Novel | |
| March 2012 |
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Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra | Baen Books | Omnibus | 339 |
| February 2021 |
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Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra | Tantor Audio | Omnibus | |4 |
| February 2021 |
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Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra | Tantor Audio | Omnibus | |
| March 2021 |
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Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | Omnibus | |
| March 2021 |
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Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | Omnibus |