Star King, The-Jack Vance novel, book review
Star King, The-Jack Vance novel AKA: The Demon Princes Book 1 The Star King is the first of five fast paced, entertaining, well written novels that comprise the Jack Vance series called The Demon Princes. The Star King was first released in 1963 to 1964 as a serial in Galaxy magazine. Originally the name of the first star king encountered was Grendel the Monster but in the novel, released in April, 1964 by Berkley-Medallion, he was renamed Attel Malagate or Malagate the Woe. Demon Princes are nonhuman, asexual, alien beings who have changed their appearances to look like men. When our main character, Kirth Gersen, was a 9 years old, five of the demon princes organized an attack one of the colonies on a planet where all of the people, including his parents, were killed or enslaved except for Kirth and his grandfather. This attack was subsequently referred to as the Mount Pleasant Massacre. After escaping the planet Kirth Gersen's grandfathe...