Sandkings

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Sandkings is a collection of science fiction short stories by George R. R. Martin, published in 1981. The multiple-award-winning title story concerns a race of insectoid, militaristic alien 'pets' who worship their master until he badly mistreats them. It was adapted into "The Sandkings," an episode of the new The Outer Limits, as well as a 1987 graphic novel, published by DC Comics, adapted by Doug Moench, Pat Broderick, and Neal McPheeters.

Also included is "The Way of Cross and Dragon," about an inquisitor in a distant-future interstellar Catholic Church who must suppress a heresy concerning a sainted Judas Iscariot.