Contains five stories and an essay on the Childe cycle. Color dustjacket art by Frank Kelly Freas. Contents: The childe cycle, status 1984 -- The law-twister shorty -- Steel brother -- The hard way -- Out of the darkness -- Perfectly adjusted.
Gordon Rupert Dickson was an American science fiction author. He was born in Canada, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota as a teenager. He is probably most famous for his Childe Cycle and the Dragon Knight series. He won three Hugo awards and one Nebula award.