Cosmic Checkmate

Katherine MacLean & Charles V. De Vet

Book 1 of Kalin Trobt

Language: English

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Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel _isfdb

Publisher: Ace Books

Published: Jan 2, 1962

Magazine: King of the Fourth Planet / Cosmic Checkmate

Description:

THE GAME OF WORLDS

“I’ll beat you the second game," was the Earthman's challenge to the planet Velda—whose culture was indeed based on a complicated super-chess of skill and concentration. A Human and a Veldian could meet over a game board, but was there any other ground for understanding?
For the code of Velda was strange and savage, based on a concept of honor no Earthman could comprehend. The men were warriors and the women were—mysteries.
One world was challenging a galaxy, as one man was challenging that world. And in the contest for a universe, would there be a second game?