The Emerald Elephant Gambit

Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #3

by Larry Maddock

To Save One World, They had to Destroy Another! Archeologist turned debonair secret agent for the Temporal Energy Restructure and Repair Agency, Hannibal Fortune, found himself in 1500 BCE facing the worst assignment of his Wreck the great and beautiful civilization of Mohenjo-daro. The tyrannical forces of EMPIRE were tampering with the time lines again, trying to alter history so that Hannibal and T.E.R.R.A. never came into existence! History showed that Mohenjo-daro had fallen to an invading hoard of barbarians from the west. So the bad guys were trying to save this earliest of civilizations, while the good guys schemed to destroy it. Whether he liked it or not, Fortune had to aid the barbarians in their attack on every value he held dear. Meanwhile, his partner, Webley, the caustic shape-changing symbiote, finds himself working with another of his kind from T.E.R.R.A., leading to a competition between the two aliens played by the strangest rules in the galaxy. Here is another delightful romp through time from the pen of the legendary SF humorist, Larry Maddock (penname of Jack Jardine).

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy

158 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Used As Alternate Name By: Jack Owen Jardine

Reviews

[Mike (the Paladin) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book deals with a question a lot of science fiction fans (addicts) including myself have actually thought about I'm sure. If you must protect the time lines to be sure the present still exists and that we don't get caught in some sort of time loop or other paradoxical situation might you not at some point find yourself defending the "bad guys"? Would a time cop have to protect Hitler? Make sure Abraham Lincoln was assassinated? that Rome fell? This is the dilemma that faces Hannibal Fortune in the third book of this old and almost forgotten series. (Though I see that they are available on Ebooks now. Interesting that.)

[Terry Mulcahy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series gets better with every book. A journey to pre-historic India was fascinating, even though not 100% accurate. Things came to a head in this novel, much more so than in any previous story. Our characters became more human, including Webley, who is not human, but something else. The stakes were high, as usual, but the inventiveness far exceeded my expectations.

[Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. Would recommend it without a worry.

[Yvensong]

Autographed

[Marko]

I have the german edition: Raeuber von den Sternen