The Overlords of War

( French title - Les Seigneurs de la Guerre - 1970 )

novel by Gerard Klein

translated by John Brunner

Published: Doubleday & Co. - hardback - 1973
ISBN: 0385053282 / 9780385053280

Doubleday & Co. / SFBC - hardback - 1973
ISBN: none

DAW Books - paperback - 1974
ISBN: 0879970995 / 9780879970994

DAW Books - paperback - 1977
ISBN: 0879973137 / 9780879973131

synopsis
Time-travel, aliens, war & why we fight it. George Corson, earthman, is sent on secret mission to end a long smoldering war with the birdlike inhabitants of the planet, Uria, 6000 years in the future, only to be used as a pawn by powerful god-like beings. Is there such a thing as the ultimate weapon? Can war be ended once & for all? Is the destruction of the universe necessary to achieve peace?

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