In a far-off future, criminals have the freedom to pursue their most violent passions among the civilized worlds of the Oikumene, assured that justice cannot follow when they escape into the lawless Beyond—a vast playground where ... Read more

For centuries the breathtakingly beautiful planet Cadwal has been held in trust by a centuries-old Charter of Conservancy, created by the now-defunct Naturalist Society on Old Earth.

Over time, restrictions on population ... Read more

Young Myron Tany flees a mundane life as an economist to become the supercargo on the deep-space tramp freighter Glicca. Traveling among the widely different worlds of the Gaean Reach, finding adventure and hair’s-breadth escapes, ... Read more

The Dying Earth Omnibus includes some of Vance's most influential work, including "Mazirian the Magician" (originally published as "The Dying Earth", a collection of six short stories "Turjan of Miir", "Mazirian the Magician", "T'sais", ... Read more

A whorl of thirty thousand stars ruled by the enigmatic and all-powerful Connatic, the Alastor Cluster is the setting for three of Jack Vance’s fast-moving adventures on worlds where our far- distant descendants have evolved ... Read more