About the book: 2016 / All five books of the "Princes of Darkness" series in one volume! "You should engage in the extermination of villains. Retribution is a noble enough goal if it leads to positive results." These words determined the fate of Curt Gersen. "Princes of Darkness" is a series of five science fiction short stories by Jack Vance, which successively describe the adventures and exploits of Curt Gersen, taking revenge on five notorious leaders criminal world, who were nicknamed “princes of darkness” - they killed and enslaved the entire population of his home village when he was still a child. Each of the five short stories tells about the persecution of one of the five “princes of darkness».