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Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter—and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing vengeance to the Demon Princes one by one, in Jack Vance's classic series of hard-boiled space opera.

Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter - and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing vengeance to the Demon Princes one by one, in Jack Vance's classic series of hardboiled space opera.

Il régnait alors, sur les terres des Isles Anciennes, chaos et infortune. Aillas de Troicinet, désormais roi de l'Ulfland du Sud, devait guerroyer contre les Skas, qui jadis l'avaient réduit en esclavage, et contre l'ambition du roi Casmir, qui rêvait toujours d'étendre son empire au-delà de Lyonesse.

Le beau pays de Lyonesse ne suffit pas au roi Casmir : il veut régner sur toutes les Isles Anciennes, ce qui l'oblige à vaincre son rival Audry, roi de Dahaut. Une histoire fourmillant de malice et merveilles, hantée par la superbe et mélancolique figure de Suldrun, princesse à la beauté mélancolique, désirée par tous.

 The fourth Demon Prince, Lens Larque, combines murderous criminality with a taste for horrific practical jokes. Escaping Gersen once, Larque flees to his home world of Dar Sai, known for its strange mating rituals and the violent winner-take-all game of hadaul. Gersen follows his quarry to the milder world of Methel, where Larque plans a revengeful prank on a wealthy man. Gersen has a more final vengeance in mind.