The Scholars of Night (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: John M. Ford
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future war
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: A fictional college and London
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, 1980’s, College life, War, London, Espionage or spies
- Locales: London, England
The Plot
Nicholas Hansard, a professor of history, is introduced playing a war game called Kingmaker with some friends and a teenager named Paul Ogden who wishes to have Nicholas as his faculty adviser. Nicholas receives a message from Raphael, his employer at the White Group, a super-secret intelligence agency, asking him to authenticate some documents found with the body of a drowned American major. These documents suggest that Allan Berenson, a fellow professor who had recruited Nicholas for intelligence work through an ongoing Diplomacy game, is working with the Russians....
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