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    "description": "<p>Twenty years ago, five master criminals known as the Demon Princes raided Mount Pleasant to enslave thousands of inhabitants in the lawless Beyond. Now Morwen Sabine, a daughter of captives, has escaped her cruel master and returns to Mount Pleasant to recover the hidden treasure she hopes will buy her parents&rsquo; freedom. But Mount Pleasant has changed. Morwen must cope with mystic cultists, murderous drug-smugglers, undercover &ldquo;weasels&rdquo; of the Interplanetary Police Coordinating Company, and the henchmen of the vicious pirate lord who owns her parents and wants Morwen returned. So he can kill her slowly&hellip; Barbarians of the Beyond is a return to &ldquo;Jack Vance Space&rdquo; and space-opera derring-do that follows in the science fiction Grandmaster&rsquo;s footsteps.</p>",
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