The Lion Game

by James H. Schmitz

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Summary

'What's the lion game?' asked Telzey of her captors.
'You're engaged in it now,' was their answer.

It was a game of mental chess played on the intricate closed-transit circuits of an entire world by a race of giant mentalists who acknowledged no allegiance to the civilized planets.

Telzey was a human and, as such, a test piece - either a pawn to be sacrificed or a wild queen who could make her own decisions, she was never sure which. Either way the loser would not be just one talented human; the loser would be a whole civilization, and possibly a few peaceful planets as well..."

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