Transit to Scorpio
Dray Prescott #1
Alan Burt Akers (Kenneth Bulmer)
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Sword and Planet is one of the more neglected subgenres of science fiction. Or fantasy if you prefer. It tends to be a blend of both, with examples that tend more towards one or the other.
The Dray Prescott series is one of the longest running, with a total of 53. Of these, DAW books published the first 37. The remaining titles were published in German, although a few more have been released electronically in English. According to the Dray Prescott site, all of the remaining volumes are being reprinted in English this year.
The stories concern an English sailor, the titular Dray Prescott, who through means that are not well explained, is transported instantaneously to the planet Kregen. Kregen orbits the star Antares in the constellations Scorpio. Continue reading