Marune: Alastor 933

Marune: Alastor 933 (1975) is a science fiction novel by Jack Vance, the second of three books set in the Alastor Cluster, ruled with a loose hand by the mysterious Connatic.

Plot

A young man has lost his memory. Acting on good advice, he earns enough money by menial labor to travel to the Connatic's free hospital on the capital planet Numenes. There, medical technicians are able to deduce from his reactions to various stimuli that he is a Rhune from the sparsely populated planet Marune. The Rhunes are a somewhat peculiar people who, among other traits, have a strong aversion to killing (unless it be in combat). From this and other clues, the man is certain some enemy has caused his amnesia. He journeys home to find he is the ruler of a small domain. He has to tread carefully, unsure of whom he can trust, in his quest to unmask his foe.

External links

• Jack Vance at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database