Beyond the Dar Al-Harb

By Gordon R. Dickson

Book Overview

Tor paperback original, 1985. Collection of three novellas, one original, "Beyond the Dar al-Harb" [Jamie the Red / Thieves' World], and two others; "On Messenger Mountain" (1964) and "Things Which... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812535502
• ISBN13: 9780812535501
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Jaime the Red and a space adventure

This book is actually two books in one the first book of the set is a continuation of the Jaime the Red novel. This story is fun little adventure set in the Medival Middle East. Jaime the Red is a Scotsmen who was exiled from home and is questing across Europe to find riches and true love. In this story he is the bodyguard of a Jewel Merchant. While working as a bodyguard he is hired to steal the perfect woman for an old enemy of his and Gordon does a masterful job of telling why they are enemies and the double dealings they have because of it. The Second Story is a Futuristic Novel about one mans fight against an extremely adaptable Alien on a foreign world they both crash landed. It is more of a mental story though lots of people die. I am also not to sure i agree with the conclusions Gordon got to in the story which made it a far less enjoyable story.