"First Timescape Books printing November, 1982"--Title page verso
Contents
Part one. The players and the game. Authentic simulations -- Compulsory exercises -- Final examinations -- Part two. Deeper shades of blue. A letter of marque -- A ship of the line -- A message in secret -- A view from space -- A masque of anarchy -- Part three. The knight on the cross. Blind chess -- Knight's gambit -- White pawns -- Smothered mate -- Epilogue : in the age of gold.
