En la Era del Redescubrimiento del Hombre, Casher O'Neill, aventurero, viajero y místico, debe liberar el planeta Mizzer, víctima de un dictador sanguinario que impone la virtud mediante la crueldad. Impulsado por su sed de justicia -o de venganza-, Casher O'Neill busca armas para expulsar al usurpador. En su busca de tes mundos (el Planeta de las Gemas, el Planeta de las Tormentas y el Planeta de la Arena) encuentra no sólo un arma, sino un secreto que la humanidad había olvidado. Las peripecias de Casher O'Neill constituyen la extraña historia de una aventura épica que culmina en una iniciación mística. Una búsqueda, en definitiva, de la libertad que se desarrolla en esos mundos maravillosos y sorprendentes que sólo supo imaginar un autor irrepetible como Cordwainer Simth: Pontopiddan, donde las gemas carecen de valor y la tierra es preciosa; Henriada, con sus ballenas aéreas y su gente de los vientos; etc. Mundos extravagantes pero convincentes. Un clásico indiscutible de la ciencia ficción.

Honestly, I'm a sucker for dashing heroes on a quest of vengeance who wind up becoming superhuman, wipe peoples minds, and become gods. Oh yeah, and forget they're christian even though they secretly still are. I'm a sucker. :) Go Casher, go! ( )

I've read Cordwainer Smith in the past I remember his books being very "colorful". They were unique and fun, not too serious but not completely silly either. This one was different for me. It was REALLY strange. In the end I kept reading because I was just curious to see how bat-shit insane this guy could get. It's funny because there are a lot of authors out there trying to be really strange. I didn't feel like Mr. Smith was trying.

So this was unique, sometimes fun but really just left me scratching my brain wondering if the drugs the author was on when he wrote this were still in circulation. ( )

Took a while to get going, and the settings are as alien as you would expect from Cordwainer Smith, but the story did gain a pace and the second half was certainly easier to read than the first. ( )

Bleah. I think you need to have been reading other Cordwainer Smith recently for this one to hold much charm. ( )