The Reavers of Skaith

Last stand for a dying order. Stark and his allies (even those who would be more than happy to stick a sword in his neck), have to try and do what they can to save as many people as possible. Cities start to crumble on the dying world of Skaith and only mass evacuation can save the half of the population that will die. The old powers would rather stay and see that happen, and our hero has to try and change it, avoid crazed madwoman, and stay alive in the process. 3.5 out of 5

this is the third and last book in the Skaith serie and Leigh Brackett last book; so, it is a very sad story but a beautiful one set in one of the most interesting imaginary world sci fi has ever dreamt of. On a planet circling a dying star people desperately try to escape an incoming doom; a fascinating novel...

Decadence,gloom,dreary ancient rites in ruined cities performed by degenerate priests in a rotting world.Clark Ashton Smith,Catherine C. Moore and Henry Kuttner,Jack Vance whit his Diyng Earth series have tried this particular genre.But Skaith is the refinement of it. And it adds a very necessary hope of salvation,and interesting story and personae.Not to mention a not so cryptic critic of communism and a prefiguration of the usefulness of supernational organisms,like Onu.