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Anton is an undercover operative from future Earth, who travels to an alien world whose culture has not progressed beyond the Middle Ages. Although in possession of far more advanced knowledge than the society around him, he is forbidden to interfere with the natural progress of history. His place is to observe rather than interfere - but can he remain aloof in the face of so much cruelty and injustice ...?

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Hard To Be A God

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      Publisher Orion Publishing Co
      Published 9 April 2015
      ISBN-13 9781473208292
      978-1473208292
      ISBN-10 1473208297
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      Fiction Science Fiction Sci-Fi

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      Book Synopsis
      Anton is an undercover operative from future Earth, who travels to an alien world whose culture has not progressed beyond the Middle Ages. Although in possession of far more advanced knowledge than the society around him, he is forbidden to interfere with the natural progress of history. His place is to observe rather than interfere - but can he remain aloof in the face of so much cruelty and injustice ...?

      Trade Review
      The best Soviet SF writers - THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION

      A thoroughly good book ... robust, imaginative, satisfying

      An enjoyable, exciting, and gratifying novel - NEW YORK TIMES

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