The Patterns of Chaos
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The Patterns of Chaos is a 1972 science fiction novel by Colin Kapp. It originally appeared in If, serialized in three parts.
[edit] Plot summary
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In this novel Commander Bron from Terra has been given implants through which a monitoring team can see what he sees, hear what he hears and talk to him. Earth commandos place him where they hope he will be able to find out the coordinates of a rival space empire, the Destroyers. A new science, the patterns of Chaos allows predictions of events with an accuracy that was not before possible. Bron turns out to be the target of an extraterrestrial murder campaign that was hatched 700 million years ago. He succeeds in joining together Earth and Destroyer fleets and beats the aliens.
[edit] External link
- The Patterns of Chaos publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database