A review by sirchutney
Nectar of Heaven by E.C. Tubb

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Earl Dumarest continues to follows false trails as he searches to find the legendary and long lost planet called Earth.

This is the 24th book in the 'Dumarest of Terra' series of science fiction novels. The planet in this book possessed two unique elements. One was it produced the galaxy’s most desirable hallucinatory drug. The other was it was a stock broker’s paradise.

The world was split into affluent men’s holdings – and every hour, every minute these were being traded on a continuous stock-market. Up and down went values as men plotted to seize others’ properties, to force prices down and costs up. Their money game controlled everything else – the common people, workers, farmers, homes, lives, poverty and luxury.

Dumarest goes there to find his next stake. Find the drug-gem or manipulate the market – two possibilities. But behind the scenes stood the advisors of the inhuman Cyclan, determined to fix the odds against Dumarest.

Another good pulp science fiction story in the long running saga.