The Stranger ( The Labyrinths of Echo 1 )

( Russian - Чужак- 1997 )

novellas by Max Frei

translated by Polly Gannon

Published: Overlook Press - hardback - 2009
ISBN: 1590200659 / 9781590200650

Gollancz - hardback - 2009 ( UK )
ISBN: 0575089741 / 9780575089747

Gollancz - trade paperback - 2010
ISBN: 0575089822 / 9780575089822

Gollancz - e-book - 2009 ( Barnes & Noble - Nook )
eISBN: 9780575089778

Gollancz ( Amazon ) - Kindle - 2009
ASIN: B002U3CBIO

Overlook Press - trade paperback - 2011 ( US )
ISBN: 9781590203316

Overlook Press ( Barnes & Noble ) - Nook - 2011
eISBN: 9781590200605


contents
Debut in Echo ( aka Дебют в Эхо 1996 )
Juba Chebobargo and Other Nice Folks ( aka Милые люди 1996 )
Cell No. 5-Ow-Nox ( aka Камера 1996 )
The Stranger ( aka Чужак 1996 )
King Banjee ( aka Король Банджи 1996 )
Victims of Circumstances ( aka Жертва обстоятельств 1996 )
Journey to Kettari ( aka Путешествие в Кеттари 1996 )

synopsis
Max Frei was a twenty-something loser - a big sleeper ( that is, during the day; at night he can't sleep a wink ), a hardened smoker, and an uncomplicated glutton and loafer. But then he got lucky. He contacts a parallel world in his dreams, where magic is a daily practice. Once a social outcast, he's now known in his new world as the "unequalled Sir Max." He's a member of the Department of Absolute Order, formed by a species of enchanted secret agents; his job is to solve cases more extravagant and unreal than one could imagine - a journey that will take Max down the winding paths of this strange and unhinged universe.


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