Jikaida Cycle Series by Alan Burt Akers, Kenneth Bulmer

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  • A Life for Kregen  (Jikaida Cycle, #1) (Jikaida Cycle #1)
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    A Life for Kregen (Jikaida Cycle, #1) (Jikaida Cycle #1)

    Alan Burt Akers, Kenneth Bulmer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 1979

    The world Kregen circles the twin suns of Antares, far distant from the skies of Earth. Yet Kregen is the ground on which the Earthman Dray Prescot must stand and fight for all he holds dear. For Prescot is the unwilling battle arm of the mysterious Star Lords who contend for that planet with the powerful Savanti. Yet Prescot's ambitions are his own, for he has inherited the remnant of a shattered empire and must fight to bring hope and freedom to all its peoples... more

  • A Sword for Kregen (Jikaida Cycle #2)
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    A Sword for Kregen (Jikaida Cycle #2)

    Alan Burt Akers

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 1979

    The most popular game among the many peoples of Kregen is one that resembles chess, called Jikaida. Jikaida is a battle of wits and war game pieces that suits well the tension charged atmosphere that envelops Dray Prescot. Because reconquering Vallia is assuming the aspect of such a game -- move versus countermove, horde against horde! But Dray Prescot finds himself no longer in control of the game when he becomes a living chessman on a real-life board at the dreaded arena of Jikaida City... more

  • A Fortune for Kregen  (Jikaida Cycle, #3) (Jikaida Cycle #3)
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    A Fortune for Kregen (Jikaida Cycle, #3) (Jikaida Cycle #3)

    Alan Burt Akers, Kenneth Bulmer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 1979

    Fame and fortune may await the winners of the life and death game called Jikaida, but for Dray Prescot his triumphs seemed only to bring infamy and misfortune. An Earthman transposed to the distant world that circles the twin suns of Antares, Prescot had to find a way out of his Jikaida City exile - for his homeland needed him in its hour of danger... more

  • A Victory for Kregen  (Jikaida Cycle, #4 ) (Jikaida Cycle #4)
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    A Victory for Kregen (Jikaida Cycle, #4 ) (Jikaida Cycle #4)

    Alan Burt Akers

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 1980

    The ending of Prescot's stark adventures as a living chess piece in the city of blood games was to be as terrifying as the perils that had gone before. Because now that transposed Earthman had to fight his way back to his embattled Vallian homeland across a sky full of danger and a sea full of death... more

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