The Narrator And Flandry

A Circus Of Hells.

The narrator, Flandry's biographer or whoever he is, that had opened CHAPTER ONE returns at least twice. CHAPTER TWO begins:

"Such was the prologue. He had practically forgotten it when the adventure began. That was on a certain night about eight months later." (p. 203)

Flandry saunters from the naval base into Old Town. Gradually the text transitions from objective descriptions of his movements and actions to the sharing of his experience:

"He was glad when..." (p. 206)

After a while, we are being told his thoughts:

"A million! Ye gods and demons!" (p. 208)

The biographer is back at the beginning of CHAPTER FOUR:

"The next stage of the adventure came a month afterward. That was when the mortal danger began." (p. 221)

This narrator describes the star, Mimir, its giant planet, Regin, and Regin's moon, Wayland. Lacking an adequate computer, Flandry must manually control his scout boat's approach to Wayland:

"It didn't bother him." (p. 222)

We are back inside his head again. He is taut and aware of vibrations, odour and weight and hears blood beating in his ears.

Later, in this novel, Djana and a Talwinian will be viewpoint characters.