The Volunteer Legion : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

A French Foreign Legion style military outfit on Venus, used for defense of the citizenry.


4 out of 5

Kelland's Field Tactics : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Kelland's Field Tactics : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Military manual.


2.5 out of 5

Hertford's Jungles of Venus : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

The most comprehensive work on a subject still almost unknown.


3 out of 5

The Lone Prairee : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Song sung or whistled by Tex and Breska at various times. Presumably of Texas origin.


3 out of 5

Beetle-Bombs : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Clay balls full of flesh eating Scarlet Beetles.


3.5 out of 5

Animalcules : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Water-eating native organisms.


3.5 out of 5

Flying Mounts : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Part bird, part lizard steeds used in aerial attacks upon the Fort.


3 out of 5

War-Dogs : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Attack animals used by the Venusians, but really dinosaur-like.


3 out of 5

Scarlet Beetles : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Another Venusian lifeform used as a weapon. Eats people.


3.5 out of 5

Green Snakes : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Animals that are tiny, but once they attack grow rapidly in size to become lethally dangerous an swift killers.


4 out of 5

Bull : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

One of the small number of remaining soldiers, decides to leave and takes all but our two protagonists with him.


3 out of 5

Kuna : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

A young, scared Martian volunteer who bails.


3.5 out of 5

Captain John Smith : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

The commander of this military outpost, with an unsurprisingly common name for such a group.


3.5 out of 5

The Dragon-Queen of Venus/Jupiter : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

The warlord in charge of the invading locals, stylish, exotic, and rides a flying steed. White-haired and pale, as are her warriors.


3.5 out of 5

Breska : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

A Martian volunteer soldier. Is sick because of the damp atmosphere, and is a friend of Tex's, and sticks with him to the end.


4 out of 5

Tex : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

A corporal in the Volunteer Legion. An Earthman from his namesake state in the USA.


4 out of 5

Fort Nelson : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Another in the line of defensive structures, used as a diversion by the Dragon-Queen by means of a feint to draw off resources that could be used to reinforce Smith's garrison.


3 out of 5

Fort Washington : The Dragon-Queen Of Venus - Leigh Brackett

Military building on the planet Venus designed to help protect new settlers from the military incursions of the natives. In the original version The Dragon-Queen of Jupiter, this is also given as Jupiter.


4 out of 5