The Space Despot’s Beautiful Daughter, Episode 06 Beneath the Dome of Death
The Space Despot’s Beautiful Daughter, Episode 06 Beneath the Dome of Death, is now posted.
Dark Gods glare down at the red sands of the gladiatorial arena!
Episode 06: Beneath the Dome of Death
Earthman Jett Hazard is doomed! The cruel tyrant of Jupiter, Crull the All-Seeing, has condemned him, and all hope of liberty, to a painful and humiliating death! The royalty of the circumjovian moons are gathered to witness the gory spectacle!
But wait! Who is the pure and virginal beauty in white, gazing with tearful eyes of love at our stalwart hero? Could this be the Time Traveler’s daughter, Lethonee?
She is chained in her wedding dress at the right hand of Crull, condemned by imperial decree to be his bride and queen!
She is from the future! Does she know the outcome of all these events? If so, why does her lovely face show such signs of woebegone sorrow? Is all hope dead?
None of these questions are answered in this week’s episode!
The whole episode is a long and detailed description, vivid and lyrical in its thoroughness! Rich with striking imagery! But nothing whatsoever happens! But, hey, if the Homeric catalogue of ships from Book II of the Iliad is great literature, so is this!!
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
