- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Del Rey (Jun 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345371518
- ISBN-13: 978-0345371515
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.8 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 413,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Eternal Emperor had returned at last from the dead, to pick up the pieces of his crumbling Empire. But even that great leader could not halt the Empire's decline alone. And so Sten, master spy, military strategist, and assassin, found himself appointed Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Altaic Cluster, where a brewing civil war threatened the stability of the Empire itself.
Quelling a civil war was nothing new for Sten. But as one thing after another went wrong, he began to suspect that he was up against more than a mere local disturbance. Someone -- operating in deepest cover, with the highest authority -- was working behind the scenes to manipulate events and escalate disaster. And that someone wanted nothing more than to see Sten dead . . .
Quelling a civil war was nothing new for Sten. But as one thing after another went wrong, he began to suspect that he was up against more than a mere local disturbance. Someone -- operating in deepest cover, with the highest authority -- was working behind the scenes to manipulate events and escalate disaster. And that someone wanted nothing more than to see Sten dead . . .
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STEN 7: VORTEX is the seventh book in the eight-book Sten series, which has already sold over one million copies worldwide. Fast paced military SF, it is tough, exciting and hard to put down. The Complete Sten Series:
STEN
STEN 2: THE WOLF WORLDS
STEN 3: THE COURT OF A THOUSAND SUNS
STEN 4: FLEET OF THE DAMNED
STEN 5: REVENGE OF THE DAMNED
STEN 6: THE RETURN OF THE EMPEROR
STEN 7: VORTEX
STEN 8: EMPIRE’S END
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Format:Paperback
This book is part of the Sten series, a space opera in the good old fashioned way, detailed characters, twisting plot, lots of action.
I enjoyed it immensely. Ideal airport waiting material.
I enjoyed it immensely. Ideal airport waiting material.
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Insanity! It was what he feared most!
23 Oct 1997
Format:Mass Market Paperback
What the EE has always feared most has happened. He has gone insane! How could it be that a man 2000-3000 years old suddenly goes insane, starts killing his friends and becomes the demented ruller like Caligula whom he had always despised. Riveting historical parallels. Pay attention to the events that plunge the Empire into chaos, and see parallels to what is occuring or has occured in our(human) history before.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
It's Sten! What else is there to say?
13 Oct 2009
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Another excellent volume in the Sten saga. Full of battles, clandestine activities, bad Scottish jokes, and of course, he gets the girl.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
High Space Adventure in Classic SI-FI Style!!
17 April 2004
Format:Paperback
I read this book not knowing at the time that it was just one in a series. I Found THAT out pretty quick!! Regardless, it kept me entralled till the end, and I went hunting for the others!! Great High Space Adventure in the truest of the Classic SI-FI form!! Loads of action without bogging down in technical explainations. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes action oriented SI-FI.
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