Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers
Language: English
Adventure Dr. Zeus Incorporated (Imagina Dr. Zeus Incorporated (Imaginary organization) Fiction Fiction - Science Fiction General General & Literary Fiction High Tech Immortalism Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Science Fiction Science Fiction - General Science Fiction - Short Stories Science Fiction; American Short Stories Space Opera Time Travel
Publisher: Golden Gryphon Pr
Published: Aug 31, 2002
Description:
SUMMARY: This collection brings together the early Company stories in one volume for the first time with three previously unpublished works, including "The Queen in Yellow," written exclusively for this compilation. In these tales sci-fi fans follow the secret activities of the Company's field agentsonce human, now centuries-old time-traveling immortal cyborgsas they attempt to retrieve history's lost treasures. Botanist Mendoza's search for the rare hallucinogenic Black Elysium grape in 1844 Spanish-held Santa Barbara, facilitator Joseph's dreamlike solicitation of the ailing Robert Louis Stevenson in 1879, and marine salvage specialist Kalugin's recovering of an invaluable Eugène Delacroix painting from a sunken yacht off the coast of Los Angeles in 1894 are included.