ORION AND THE CONQUEROR

Another in Bova's fantasy potboilers (Orion in the Dying Time, etc.) about the immortal android warrior Orion, the Creators who made him, and the evil opposition intent on destroying both Creators and humanity. This time out, Orion finds himself in the service of Philip of Macedon, fighting alongside the future Alexander the Great, while separated from his lover, the Creator- goddess Anya, and battling a Queen Olympias, who happens to be one of the evil superbeings. An odd but effective combination of far- out fantasy trappings with solid historical foundations—much more persuasive and appealing than Orion's previous airing.