The Deadly Isles
1969 novel by Jack Vance
The Deadly Isles is a novel by American author Jack Vance published in 1969 by Bobbs-Merrill and as part of the 2002 Vance Integral Edition.[1]
Plot introduction
A young scientist with family ties to a vast fortune survives a murder attempt by a stranger while working in French Tahiti, and allows the assailant and the police to believe the attempt was successful. Incognito, he follows the would-be murderer aboard an island-hopping passenger/cargo schooner bound for the Marquesas, intending to find the man out.
References
- ^ "The Deadly Isles – Jack Vance". Metaphorosis Reviews. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
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Works by Jack Vance
- The Dying Earth
- The Eyes of the Overworld
- Cugel's Saga
- Rhialto the Marvellous
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- Star King
- The Killing Machine
- The Palace of Love
- The Face
- The Book of Dreams
- City of the Chasch
- Servants of the Wankh
- The Dirdir
- The Pnume
- Trullion: Alastor 2262
- Marune: Alastor 933
- Wyst: Alastor 1716
- Suldrun's Garden
- The Green Pearl
- Madouc
- Ports of Call
- Lurulu
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- The Five Gold Bands
- Vandals of the Void
- To Live Forever
- The Languages of Pao
- Slaves of the Klau
- Space Opera
- The Blue World
- Emphyrio
- Bad Ronald
- The Gray Prince
- Maske: Thaery
- Galactic Effectuator
- Night Lamp
- The Dark Ocean
- The House on Lily Street
- Strange People, Queer Notions
- The Deadly Isles
- The Flesh Mask
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