num_pages: 209
description: Nicholas Van Rijn: Interstellar Merchant Prince one moment, barbarian chattel the next. Marooned half a world and an ocean away from the sole human outpost on a planet whose very water is poisonous to humans; captured by winged barbarians in the midst of a brutal war of extermination, somehow 'Old Nick' must scheme, conspire, wrangle and battle his way to survival.
language: English
title: The Man Who Counts
titlecomplete: The Man Who Counts
characters: Nicholas van Rijn
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, War, Space Opera, Collections, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy
ratings_count: 473
series: Future History of the Polesotechnic League
publisher: Ace