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The Last Castle
A world revolved around castles and turrets, filled with the strong personalities of an elite and ancient culture, their irascible Birds and gauze-girl Phanes, now threatened by rebellious alien servants and crumbling ideology.
Features Jack Vance's novel of humanity's final stand and Robert Silverberg's tale of the watcher's journey after invaders from outer space gain control of the Earth
The Meks, workers on Earth, are in rebellion against the aristocratic castles.