No Truce with Kings

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"No Truce with Kings" is a science fiction novella by Poul Anderson that explores political conflict and loyalty in a post-apocalyptic, fragmented future America.

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instanceOf novella
science fiction novella
author Poul Anderson NERFINISHED
awardReceived Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction NERFINISHED
awardReceivedYear 1964
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts competing political factions
intervention by external powers
explores duty versus conscience
tension between local autonomy and central authority
firstPublicationYear 1963
genre science fiction
hasAuthorNationality American
hasCriticalReputation classic political science fiction story
hasForm prose fiction
hasLength novella-length
hasNotableRecognition Hugo Award winner
hasSubgenre military science fiction
political science fiction
hasTitle No Truce with Kings NERFINISHED
isFictionalUniverseType post-apocalyptic
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century science fiction
mainTheme civil war
loyalty
military ethics
political conflict
regionalism
narrativeFocus military officer torn between loyalties
originalLanguage English
originallyPublishedIn The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction NERFINISHED
originalPublicationMedium magazine
partOf The Hugo Winners, Volume 2 NERFINISHED
various Poul Anderson collections
publicationType periodical fiction
publisherOfFirstMagazineAppearance Mercury Press NERFINISHED
setting fragmented future United States
post-apocalyptic future America
workOf Poul Anderson NERFINISHED

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