Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Sequels And Prequels II

Captain Dominic Flandry fights Merseians who employ the Chereionite telepath, Aycharaych. The conflict between Flandry and Aycharaych climaxes in A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows.

Prequels:

a Christian from Aeneas (see below) is among the human beings employed by Ythrians during the exploration of the planet Avalon;

Nicholas van Rijn's trader team led by David Falkayn spearheads the Polesotechnic League mission to save Merseia from the effects of supernova radiation;

aristocratic Merseians disaffected from Technic civilization join the Baburite space navy which occupies both the supermetals-rich planet Mirkheim discovered by Falkayn and Falkayn's home planet, Hermes;

the Merseian Roidhunate is a growing threat during the period of the early Terran Empire;

the Young Flandry Trilogy recounts Flandry's early career, including his defeat of the McCormac Rebellion centred on the planet Aeneas;

Aycharaych foments potential jihad on Aeneas between the defeat of the Rebellion and the Chereionite's first encounter with Flandry. 

That is a lot of prequels.

Addendum on the Bookshop and Holmes: While I was with Andrea, Sheila texted that she was downstairs in the Bookshop and had found a Sherlock Holmes and Mrs. Hudson book so Andrea went down to invite her up and we bought the book.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Kaor, Paul!

The three Young Flandry novels were very well prequels retrojected into the earlier years of an already well-established character.

Have fun with the new book! Too long ago I read a Holmes pastiche in which he became attracted to Mrs. Hudson because of protecting her from a brutal husband. We never see anything like that mentioned in the canonical stories because Dr. Watson was the soul of discretion and loyalty. Alas, I don't recall the story's title and author. It might even have been set during the invasion of Earth we see in Wells' WAR OF THE WORLDS.

Ad astra! Sean