Dumarest of Terra is a 33-volume series of science fiction novels by Edwin Charles Tubb. Each story is a self-contained adventure, but throughout the series, Earl Dumarest, the protagonist, searches for clues to the location of his home world, Earth.
The stories are set in a far future galactic culture that is fragmented and without any central government. Dumarest was born on Earth, but had stowed away on a spaceship when he was a young boy and was caught. Although a stowaway discovered on a spaceship was typically ejected to space, the captain took pity on the boy and allowed him to work and travel on the ship. When the story opens in The Winds of Gath, Dumarest has traveled so long and so far that he does not know how to return to his home planet and no-one has ever heard of it, other than as a myth or legend.
It becomes clear that someone or something has deliberately concealed Earth’s location. The Cyclan, an organization of humans surgically altered to be emotionless (known as Cybers), and on occasion able to link with the brains of previously living Cybers (the better to think logically), seem determined to stop him from finding Earth. Additionally, the Cyclan seeks a scientific discovery that Dumarest possesses, stolen from them and passed to him by a dying thief, which would vastly increase their already considerable power.
Also appearing in many of the books is the humanitarian Church of Universal Brotherhood. Its monks are spread throughout many worlds as are the Cyclan, the two being arch-enemies—which does not make the Church Dumarest’s ally, but in some instances they support each other.
#1 Kelly Freas, The Winds of Gath, 1967, Ace Double H-27.#3 Barclay Shaw, Toyman, 1982.#5 Kelly Freas, The Jester at Scar, 1970.#9 Kelly Freas, Mayenne, 1973.#11 Kelly Freas, Zenya, 1974, multipanel.#2 Unknown artist, Derai, 1976.#2 Jeff Jones, Derai, 1968.#1 Paul Alexander, The Winds of Gath,1982.#1 Kelly Freas, The Winds of Gath, 1967.#1 Unknown artist, The Winds of Gath, 1976.#3 Enki Bilal, Toyman, 1976.#3 Unknown artist, Toyman 1976.#3 Karl Stephan, Toyman, 1970.#3 Kelly Freas, Toyman, 1969.#2 Paul Alexander, Derai, 1982.#4 Tais Teng, Kalin, Elmar SF (Dutch), 1978.#4 Karl Stephan, Kalin, 1970.#4 Unknown artist, Kalin, 1976.#3 Barclay Shaw, Toyman, 1982.#4 John Schoenherr, Kalin, 1969.#5 Paul Alexander, The Jester at Scar, 1982.#6 Paul Alexander, Lallia, 1982.#6 Unknown artist, Lallia, 1977.#4 Paul Alexander, Kalin, 1982.#5 Unknown artist, The Jester at Scar, 1977.#8 Unknown artist, Veruchia, 1977.#8 Leo & Diane Dillon (??), Veruchia, 1973.#8 Eddie Jones, Veruchia, 1976.#7 Unknown artist, Technos, 1977.#7 Paul Alexander, Technos, 1982.#9 Kelly Freas, Mayenne, 1973.#8 Nikolai Lutohin, Veruchia, 1984.#8 Paul Alexander, Veruchia 1982.#8 Enki Bilal, Veruchia, 1980.#8 Unknown artist, Veruchia, Elmar SF (Dutch), 1982.#10 Unknown artist, Jondelle, 1977.#10 Nikolai Lutohin, Jondelle, 1984.#9 Eddie Jones, Mayenne, 1974.#10 Kelly Freas, Jondelle, 1973.#9 Unknown artist, Mayenne, 1977.#12 Eddie Jones, Eloise (Under the Spell of the Computer in German), 1976.#12 George Barr, Eloise, 1975.#11 Kelly Freas, Zenya, 1974.#11 Chris Achilleos, Zenya, 1978.#11 Zenya (Soldier of the Snake Clan in German), 1975.#14 Tom Barber, Jack of Swords, 1976.#13 Josh Kirby, Eye of the Zodiac, 1978.#12 Josh Kirby, Eloise, 1978.#13 Eddie Jones, Eye of the Zodiac (Guardians of the Past in German), 1985.#13 George Barr, The Eye of the Zodiac, 1975.#13 Josh Kirby, Eye of the Zodiac, 1978.#16 Don Maitz, Haven of Darkness, 1977.#14, Josh Kirby, Jack of Swords, 1979.#15 Ray Feibush, Spectrum of a Forgotten Sun, 1976.#15 Josh Kirby, Spectrum of a Forgotten Sun, 1980.#15 Jean-Francois Penichou, Spectrum of a Forgotten Sun, 1988.#18 Jean-Francois Penichou, Incident on Ath, 1989.#16 Josh Kirby, Haven of Darkness, 1979.#18 David Bergen, Incident on Ath, 1978.#17 Don Maitz, Prison of Night, 1977.#18 Fred Gambino, (Blas Gallego has also been suggested), Incident on Ath, 1981.#20 Eddie Jones, Web of Sand, 1980.#20 Don Maitz, Web of Sand, 1979.#19 H.R. van Dongen, The Quillian Sector, 1978.#19 Jean-Francois Penichou, The Quillian Sector [The Shipwrecks of the Tear (presumably as in “rip in space”)] in French], 1989.#20 Fred Gambino, Web of Sand, 1983. Wallace & Harbottle attribute the cover to Blas Gallego but the painting has the initials FJG in the lower left as seen with others by Fred Gambino.#22 Jean-Francois Penichou, The Terra Data, 1990.#22 Michael Mariano, The Terra Data, 1980.#21 Fred Gambino, Iduna’s Universe, 1985.#21 Michael Mariano, Iduna’s Universe, 1979.#21 Eddie Jones, Iduna’s Universe, 1980.#24 Fred Gambino (Blas Gallego has also been suggested), Nectar of Heaven, 1985.#24 Ken Kelly, Nectar of Heaven, 1981.#23 Ken Kelly, World of Promise, 1980.#23 Fred Gambino, World of Promise, 1985.#23 Eddie Jones, World of Promise (German: Trace of Promise), 1981.#27 Jean-Francois Penichou, Earth Is Heaven, 1991.#27 Unknown artist, Earth Is Heaven, 1986.#27 Michael Mariano, Earth Is Heaven, 1982.455 E.C. Tubb The Terridae Richard Hescox Oct-81 Dumarest #25#26 Michael Mariano, The Coming Event, 1982.#30 Vincent Di Fate, Symbol of Terra, 1984.#29 Jean-Francois Penichou, Angado, 1991.#28 Vincent Di Fate, Melome, 1983.#29 Ken Kelly, Angado, 1984.#28 & 29 Unknown artist (Blas Gallego has been suggested), Melome and Angado by E.C. Tubb (UK omnibus), 1988.#33 Douglas Klauba, Child of Earth, 2008.#32 Ron Turner, The Return, 1997.#30 & 31 Unknown artist, Symbol of Terra & The Temple of Truth, 1989.#32 Jean-Francois Penichou, The Return, 1992.#31 Ken Kelly, The Temple of Truth, 1985.#4 John Schoenherr, Kalin, 1978.#3 Kelly Freas, Toyman, Ace Double, 1969.#2 Jeff Jones, Derai, 1968.#1 Kelly Freas, The Winds of Gath 1967.
