Space Viking

Space Viking is a sci-fi novel by H. Beam Piper. Set in his Terro Human future history, we follow the story of one man's pursuit of his wife's killer and its unpredicted consequences. Ten thousand refugees of The Big War escaped beyond the boundaries of the Terran Federation and populated the planet Excalibur. They expanded to a handful of Sword Worlds (so-called because they are named after legendary swords) and grew to a total populace of three and a half billion. Despite their remoteness and the political uncertainty, the inhabitants managed to retain a high level of technology, including space flight...