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The Game of Rat and Dragon

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This short story by Cordwainer Smith belongs to his far-future science fiction, set among the stars at a time when people travel between worlds. Their journeys are threatened by a strange psychic force called the Dragons. To deal with the danger, a small band of fighters teams up with some unlikely allies and sets out to clear the galaxy of this menace.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 15 pages

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