 The Dirdir

The Dirdir is a science fiction adventure novel by American writer Jack Vance, the third in the tetralogy "Tschai, Planet of Adventure".It tells of the efforts of the sole survivor of the destruction of a human starship to return to Earth from the distant planet Tschai.Adam Reith is stranded on Tschai, a distant planet shared by four alien, mutually hostile, advanced species (the Chasch, Wankh, Dirdir and native Pnume).