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Agent of Vega and Other Stories
Author: James H. Schmitz
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Published: 2001
Originally published: 1949-1968
Cover art: Bob Eggleton
Topic: Science Fiction
Source: BaenEBooks

Agent of Vega is a science fiction novel by James H. Schmitz, 1960. Like the Foundation series, it is a collection of stories that originally appeared separately in magazines. It was republished in 2001 as Agent of Vega & Other Stories.

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In the far future, humans are building a 'Confederacy of Vega' to replace the original fallen Empire of Earth. The new empire includes some mutated humans and also some non-humans. Enemies are also a mix of humans and aliens and it is very much space opera, featuring Vega's 'zone agents'. Combat involves both physical weapons and telepathic attacks. It clearly owes a lot to E. E. Smith's Lensman series.

(Wikipedia)