Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Pawn's Gambit: And Other Stratagems

Language
English
Format
Category

Science fiction

A collection of career-launching short fiction by #1 New York Times–bestselling author Timothy Zahn, including the Hugo Award–winning novella Cascade Point.

Timothy Zahn shows an unparalleled mastership of science fiction in the fifteen tales gathered here.

“The Price of Survival” features an alien ship that arrives in our solar system without hostile intentions but with a desperate need whose fulfillment could destroy humanity. “The Giftie Gie Us” tells the story of two lonely survivors who find love among the ruins of a post-apocalyptic United States. And in “Pawn’s Gambit, ” a human and his alien opponent face off over a game that will decide which one of them will return home.

This collection also includes the Hugo Award–winning novella Cascade Point and nine other works of science fiction, post-apocalyptic drama, and humorous fantasy previously unpublished in book form.

Timothy Zahn is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Star Wars: Heir to the Empire and has won multiple awards for his work. With nonstop action, suspenseful plots, and high-tech twists, the stories in Pawn’s Gambit are science fiction at its best.

© 2016 Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Ebook): 9781504016209

Release date

Ebook: 5 January 2016

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Shards of Earth: First in an extraordinary space opera trilogy, from the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award Adrian Tchaikovsky
  2. Foundation Isaac Asimov
  3. Deep Space: Star Carrier: Book Four Ian Douglas
  4. Rebel’s Strike Rachel Aukes
  5. Rebel’s Run Rachel Aukes
  6. The Cat Who Walks through Walls Robert A. Heinlein
  7. The New Space Opera Gardner Dozois
  8. Rebel’s Call Rachel Aukes
  9. Reach for Infinity Karen Lord
  10. Proto Zoa: Five Early Short Stories Lois McMaster Bujold
  11. Time’s Eye Arthur C. Clarke
  12. The Mercy of Gods James S.A. Corey
  13. Yesterday’s Spacemage Timothy Ellis
  14. Hold Up The Sky Cixin Liu
  15. Alien Clay: An incredible science fiction tale of first contact with the unknown, shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards Adrian Tchaikovsky
  16. Altered Starscape: Andromedan Dark: Book One Ian Douglas
  17. Ball Lightning Cixin Liu
  18. All Systems Red Martha Wells
  19. Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
  20. Biggles in France Captain W. E. Johns
  21. Planetside Michael Mammay
  22. Murray Leinster: MED SHIP MAN: Calhoun and Murgratroid - saving the day again Murray Leinster
  23. Alias Space and Other Stories Kelly Robson
  24. The Lost Gate Orson Scott Card
  25. Biggles in the Jungle Captain W. E. Johns
  26. Sassinak Elizabeth Moon
  27. Lost Sci-Fi Books 161 thru 180 H. G. Wells
  28. Crime Spree Craig Martelle
  29. Destiny’s Road Larry Niven
  30. TOPGUN: Requiem Michael Anderle
  31. Deathworld: Classic Tales Edition Harry Harrison
  32. Maelstrom Anne McCaffrey
  33. The Judas Valley Robert Silverberg
  34. Gideon the Ninth Tamsyn Muir
  35. The Black Dreams: Strange stories from Northern Ireland Ian Sansom
  36. Silence After the Storm Michael Anderle
  37. Starborn and Godsons Larry Niven
  38. Midnight at the Well of Souls Jack L. Chalker
  39. Vintage Sci-Fi 5 - 20 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown and more Philip K. Dick
  40. Von Neumann's War John Ringo
  41. How to Kidnap the Rich: A Novel Rahul Raina
  42. Birthright: Deuces Wild Book 4 Michael Anderle