Rogue Dragon - Avram Davidson
Rogue Dragon take place on Prime World, formerly known as Earth before the arrival of the Kar-chee, the origin world of humankind before it spread out into the galaxies. Whether there were dragons on Prime before the Kar-chee is unknown for sure. Some say that the Kar-chee used them as hunting dogs against the local population, others that the dragons are actually the Kar-chee or descendants of that mysterious vanished race. In the near feudal world of Prime however the exotic creatures are now trophies to be hunted down by visitors from the Confederation of Out-worlds. Jon-Joras is an outworlder. He has arrived on Prime World as private man to King Por-Paulo of M.M. beta, preparing for the king's hunting visit. While there he begins to gain some awareness of the social stratification on Prime, witnessing the execution of a local man of the pleb-people. He has been summarily executed for killing a Gentleman in a dispute over his party trampling down his potato crop, and the event...