Free (Kindle) Despot in Space by Donald S. Rowland [Sci-Fi Scientist vs Dictator]

[ATDrake]

Despot in Space by the usually pseudonymous British author Donald S. Rowland (ISFDB, SFE), is his vintage standalone science fiction thriller with both political and space adventure elements, co-starring a scientist who has just made a technological breakthrough which will allow him to overthrow a dictator who has taken over the entire Earth, which transports him to a planet far distant, and his assistant and fellow member of the resistance, who must fend off the dictator's forces until her mentor can find a way to return and put his discovery to its intended use, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.

This was originally published in 1973 by Robert Hale as part of their John Gresham SF line, and under Rowland's own name, for once.

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)

Description
Professor Rez Condor holds a position of great authority in the world government: he is a scientist tasked with preparing defenses for the World Master, Abelard Aubin.

The secret? Rez Condor is part of the resistance dedicated to taking Aubin down.

Condor has just had a major breakthrough with his Celertron. He has translated a mug through space and returned it without harm. This will allow him to beam himself right on the Retarc satellite where Aubin lives and assassinate the despot.

On his way to tell the others in his resistance group about the breakthrough, a sting goes down and Condor desperately runs back to the lab where he instructs his assistant Ethne Stound to send him through the Celertron.

Despite not knowing where he will end up, it is his only option to escape the World Master’s troops.

When Condor reappears on the other end of the Celertron’s beam, he looks up and discovers two suns in the sky! He has been transmitted out of the solar system and onto a previously unknown planet, filled with unhuman beings.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Ethne is left to fend off General Ozen, the brutal leader of Aubin’s forces. She uses her quick wit to stall for time and keep a cool head while being confronted about Condor’s whereabouts.

Will Condor and Stound be able to keep this technology out of the hands of their assailants, keep the mission going, and bring the world out from under the hand of the despot in space?

[Dr. Drib]

"De-spot! De-spot!" = *



* = Fantasy Island.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

"De-spot! De-spot!" = *



* = Fantasy Island.