(1949-2017) US author who served in the US Navy on nuclear submarines; his first professional sale, at the age of seven, was a poem for Look magazine in 1956. He is of sf interest for two energetic adventure series: the Duelist sequence, beginning with Legend of the Duelist (1993), which is Military SF featuring bounty hunters who plan to exploit an outbreak of interstellar War; and the Agent sequence, beginning with Agent of Destruction (1996), which features a teenage girl spy who thwarts challengers to peace in a Space Opera context. [JC]

Rutledge E Etheridge

born Portsmouth, Virginia: 29 September 1949

died Jamestown, Indiana: 3 August 2017

works

series

Duelist

• Legend of the Duelist (New York: Ace Books, 1993) [Duelist: pb/Royo]
• The First Duelist (New York: Ace Books, 1994) [Duelist: pb/Royo]
• Brother John (New York: Ace Books, 2001) [Duelist: pb/Jacques Bredy]

Agent

• Agent of Destruction (New York: Ace Books, 1996) [Agent: pb/Chris Moore]
• Agent of Chaos (New York: Ace Books, 1997) [Agent: pb/Chris Moore]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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