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1969 novel by Jack Vance

First edition

The Deadly Isles is a novel by American author Jack Vance published in 1969 by Bobbs-Merrill and as part of the 2002 Vance Integral Edition.

Plot introduction

A young scientist with family ties to a vast fortune survives a murder attempt by a stranger while working in French Tahiti, and allows the assailant and the police to believe the attempt was successful. Incognito, he follows the would-be murderer aboard an island-hopping passenger/cargo schooner bound for the Marquesas, intending to find the man out.

References

  1. "The Deadly Isles – Jack Vance". Metaphorosis Reviews. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
Works by Jack Vance
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Short fiction
  • "Abercrombie Station"
  • "The Brains of Earth"
  • "Cholwell's Chickens"
  • "Dodkin's Job"
  • The Dragon Masters
  • "Gateway to Strangeness"
  • "The Gift of Gab"
  • The Houses of Iszm
  • The Last Castle
  • "Men of the Twelve Books"
  • The Miracle Workers
  • "Monsters in Orbit"
  • "The Moon Moth"
  • "The New Prime"
  • "Noise"
  • "Rumfuddle"
  • Son of the Tree
  • Telek
  • "Ullward's Retreat"
    • Autobiography
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