The City Among the Stars by Francis Carsac PAPERBACK 9781787584235

Brand new product\nFree UK standard delivery 2-3 days from despatch\nTracked secure courier\nPlease check delivery times at top of listing\nBookCurl is a family bookseller - thank you for your business\n\nFirst English translation of the celebrated Golden Age Science Fiction Classic.\n \\\""This stunning classic stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Arthur C. Clarke, Asimov, and Heinlein.\\\"" \u2013 New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear \n Tankar Holroy, Lieutenant in the Stellar Guard of earth\u2019s Empire, floats in space after his spaceship is sabotaged. Rescued by an enormous, unknown ship, he awakes to discover himself saved by the People of the Stars who are born and live in space with minimal contact with planets and their occupants whom they call, with contempt, planetaries. \n\n The chilly welcome he receives from the ship\u2019s leader, the Teknor, is followed by overt hostility from the other inhabitants of the Tilsin. Only a .