carefully conceals. Eventually, as the first paralyzed soldier awakens, he attacks the commander, is trapped in his bar, and apparently killed. Afterward, the Confederation military realize that he apparently knocked out almost 2,400 soldiers without missing a single time, a record which becomes a legend, striking fear into the Confederation military ranks. Juete who appears here is one of the major characters in The Omega Cage. Kamus first appeared in two short stories by J. Michael Reaves in Volume 8 of the "Weird Heroes" series from Pyramid Books. One of the stories is mentioned here. Matadora (From the back cover) On some worlds, the name of Khadaji is a prayer for resistance fighters... Khadaji... master warrior, martyr, legend. The one-man resistance to the Confed on Greaves. Known as "The Man Who Never Missed," he only let himself be taken when he'd done what he'd set out to do. With his death, Khadaji became the inspiration and idol of students of martial arts everywhere. Matador Villa... the training center for the best fighters in the galaxy, disciples of the great Khadaji. A rigorous program of political tactics and psychological warfare, physical discipline, and martial force. A mysterious school on the planet Renault... its ultimate motives unknown. Dirisha Zuri... a dangerous drifter, a dark-skinned beauty, Khadaji's colleague. A ronin, whose expertise in body control and knowledge of the fighting arts drew the attention of Matador Villa. The school wanted her talents... and the galaxy desperately needed her deadly skills. Matadora, The legend of the Man Who Never Missed becomes the incredible mission of a single woman... The Matadora. The Machiavelli Interface (From the back cover) Khadaji started it. He had a vision on a bloody battlefield, a vision of the fall of the brutal Galactic Confederation, and of the new order that would come after. He made himself a legend, and that legend inspired a rebellion that swept across the stars. The Matadors continued it. In Khadaji's name, they learned, at Matador Villa, skills of body and mind that made them the most valuable – and feared – fighters in the universe. Marcus Wall tried to stop it. He used his immense wealth and corrupt power to close down the Villa, to outlaw the Matadors, to have their leader thrown into a Confed prison. Now it is about to end. The Matadors are coming out of hiding. They will move against the