num_pages: 304
description: Minor Terran bureaucrat, Hobart Floyt, has been left a mysterious inheritance by the ruler of an empire located many light-years away. Earth's government is broke and its functionaries want Floyt to collect the money. To make sure he succeeds, they blackmail a brash young spacer named Alacrity Fitzhugh into shepherding him on a dangerous interstellar quest.
language: English
title: Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds
titlecomplete: Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds (Alacrity FitzHugh & Hobart Floyt, #1)
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Humor, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy
ratings_count: 533
series: Alacrity FitzHugh and Hobart Floyt
publisher: Ballantine Books