The Wizard of Flax

the Wizard of Flax is a Romance of Science-fiction, written in 1950 by A.E. van Vogt (Canada).

This novel, which makes following the Empire of the atom, is regarded as a major work of Van Vogt. It belongs to the Cycle of Flax.

Summary

A human mutant must defend its native planet against a quarrelsome extraterrestrial race. It is able to use various weapons, but this race, just like that of human, lost most of its technical training. The mutant will be brought to use its fragmentary science to gain the war.

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