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The Chantry Guild (Dorsai/Chylde Cycle)
Series: Dorsai/Chylde Cycle
Genre: SF
ISBN: 0812575598
Pages: 464 pages
Publisher: TOR
Reader Rating: Not rated
The Chantry Guild by Gordon R. Dickson

Description: Dickson's vast Childe Cycle ( Soldier , Ask Not , The Final Encyclopedia ) is taken one further step with this story of a conceptual breakthrough by the Dorsai mercenary and philosopher Hal Mayne. The action is slim here as a frustrated Mayne, stymied in his efforts to conceive a strategy to save Old Earth from its overwhelming foe, the Others, visits the secretive, quasi-religious Chantry Guild on the planet Kultis. While absorbing their teaching, he helps the Guild evade local soldiers and has an unexpected meeting with his nemesis, Bleys Ahrens. Although the protagonist's quest and Dickson's conviction are generally engrossing, the novel suffers from many of the pitfalls of Dickson's other solemn, parable-like tales. In its weaker moments, the prose teeters toward psychobabble as bland superman Mayne pushes a reluctant human race toward a level where they "would have more, be more, and choose more wisely."

Also in this series are Antagonist, Dorsai, Lost Dorsai, Necromancer, Other, Soldier, Ask Not!, Tactics of Mistake, The Dorsai Companion, The Final Encyclopedia, The Spirit of Dorsai, Young Bleys Return to the Gordon R. Dickson page.

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