Der erste "Dämonenprinzen"-Band wurde mir zum Ende noch durch eine völlig überflüssige Vergewaltigungsgeschichte vergällt -- Maaaan, der Böse war schon böse genug. Der Einfall, dass der Gefangene dieses Schurken ihn nicht loslassen kann, und sich, nun als Herr, lieber mit ihm einkerkern lässt, als in Freiheit zu leben, eher gut, aber fast zu kurz abgehandelt. Ich bekam im netten @Otherland-Bookshop Band 2 gebraucht geschenkt, also weiter.
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@cstross
Jack Vance's Sarkovy Venefices are amusing in an appalling way. #DemonPrinces
Herbert's great house traditions of chaumas and chaumurky for poisoning by drink and food respectively, and his ideas of two part poisons, and poisons after which withdrawal of the antidote lead rapidly to death seems more of a basis for strife than a mystical Force.

Tailoring a poison to an individual genome seems fanciful, but perhaps sequential infection with two components could cross-select one target.

The Killing Machine by Jack Vance

The novel 'The Killing Machine' by Jack Vance was published for the first in 1964. It's the second book in the Demon Princes series and follows 'The Star King'...

The Star King by Jack Vance

The novel 'The Star King' by Jack Vance was published for the first time between December 1963 and February 1964 serialized in the magazine 'Galaxy' and as a...