They gave him an expendable ship, a screwball crew, and an enemy nobody could locate.
Science fiction novel by John T. Phillifent, written under his pen name John Rackham, and published in 1971 as Ace Double #05595. The font used for the title of this book is Davison Bolero, which includes numerous descending alternates for several characters. The smaller text appears to be set in Folio, with a short J in the author’s name. Cover art by Frank Kelly Freas.
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