A note on the Spectre CycleA new page turns in the unruly life of Dray Prescot and all his strengths and inner resources will be required to confront fresh problems and perils. For those readers who have not hitherto encountered the story of Dray Prescot, this volume, Murder on Kregen, the first book of the Spectre Cycle, is an admirable place to begin making Prescot’s acquaintance.
He has been described as a man above middle height with immensely broad shoulders who moves like a hunting cat, silent and lethal. There is about him an abrasive honesty and indomitable courage. At the same time he presents an enigmatic figure for there is much about him we do not yet know. Educated in the harsh conditions of Nelson’s Navy he managed to gain the quarterdeck but after that his career waned. Onl
