Sir Dominic Flandry
The Last Knight of Terra

This is the penultimate book in the Technic Civilization series, which is an omnibus reprint, in chronological order, of most of Poul Anderson's epic Nick van Rijn/David Falkayn/Dominic Flandry stories. In this volume Flandry, now a forty-ish Captain of Terran Naval Intelligence, continues his strugg......more

This book contains three complete Flandry novels. (Books were a lot shorter, in decades past.) Here, collected in one volume for the first time, is The Plague of Masters (aka Earthman, Go Home), Hunters of the Sky Cave and A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows. The Plague of Masters had an enjoyable setup.......more

In Flandry's Field This is the 3rd volume in Baen Books' republication of Anderson's Flandry series and sixth in the PolysoTechnic Civilization. I read most of these as a teenager and I find that they hold up quite well three decades and a bit later. In "A Plague of Masters" Flandry uses the latitude......more

Grand space opera and individuals This book can be read on it's own despite being part of a series. Visiting new worlds makes new and old readers one in seeing unique worlds for the first time. Parts that link to previous books are explained when needed. Grand adventure and heartbreak set in a milit......more