Chess with a Dragon

Chess with a Dragon

by David Gerrold

4.2 (132)

4.2 stars from 132 reviews

139 pages~2.3 hr readPublished by Open Road MediaPublished 2023-09-05

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Perfect for you if...

  • You enjoy smart sci-fi that treats big stakes with playful humour rather than grim seriousness.
  • You like stories where underdogs win by being cleverer than their opponents, not stronger.
  • You appreciate tight plots that don't waste time and reward careful readers with plot twists that make sense.

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  • You want epic space operas with sprawling worldbuilding and dozens of characters to follow.
  • You prefer serious hard sci-fi where humanity's struggles feel genuinely tragic rather than darkly comedic.
  • You need longer books that take time to develop atmosphere and let you sit with characters.

About this book

Humanity has been admitted to the galactic community and granted access to the combined knowledge of thousands of intelligent species, but is largely regarded as an evolutionary mistake. Reptilian, insectoid, and other unclassifiable species dominate galactic intelligence. Humans discover that the Galactic Encyclopedia carries a user fee—and humanity is overdrawn. If the debt cannot be paid, the human race will be sold as slaves or food. Asst. Liaison Officer Yake Singh Browne feels personally betrayed by this discovery. He develops a strategy: if humanity cannot win by playing by the existing rules, he will change the rules instead. The novel explores alien biology and psychology while following Browne's attempt to alter the terms of humanity's place in the galactic order.

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Currently 4.2★ from 132 reviews

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