Berserker: Blue Death (1985)

by Fred Saberhagen

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Series: Berserker (8)

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The great blue Berserker's destruction of the human colony Shubra was swift and merciless. And when it was over, Niles Domingo's daughter lay among the dead. Now Niles is a man with a mission: vengeance at any cost. With one small ship, Niles sets out against the great Berserker called Leviathan, tracking it through the interstellar mists of the Milkpail Nebula. He is sure he is ready for anything, but nothing can prepare him for the astonishing discoveries that lie between him and his vengeance.… (more)

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beskamiltar | Apr 10, 2024 |

#479 in our old book database. Not rated.

villemezbrown | Mar 24, 2024 |

This book, another of Saberhagen’s Berserker series, was pretty good. It stuck very well to the main plot and seldom wavered. In a nutshell, it’s about a starship captain who loses his family to a specific berserker they call Leviathan. When Leviathan launches an attack against a neighboring planet, he goes to their defense. Unfortunately the berserker finished off the colony, then heads to his home planet before he knows what’s going on, and the berserker kills everyone there, as well as his only surviving daughter. The rest of his life is dedicated to the destruction of Leviathan and avenging his daughter’s recent death as well as that of his young family. He assembles a crew and meets a new life form that helps him hunt the berserker down. It ended well, with vengeance for all who deserved to get it in the end. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Fred Saberhagen	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Vallejo, Boris	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Berserker Death by Fred Saberhagen

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The great blue Berserker's destruction of the human colony Shubra was swift and merciless. And when it was over, Niles Domingo's daughter lay among the dead. Now Niles is a man with a mission: vengeance at any cost. With one small ship, Niles sets out against the great Berserker called Leviathan, tracking it through the interstellar mists of the Milkpail Nebula. He is sure he is ready for anything, but nothing can prepare him for the astonishing discoveries that lie between him and his vengeance.

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