Avenger of Antares is a science fiction novel written by Kenneth Bulmer under the pseudonym of Alan Burt Akers.

He decides to drop his disguise as a simpleton and average swordsman and defeats a local noble, Vad Garnath, and a master sword fighter from Zenicce in a duel and wins heavily on the betting.

On his return to Rees and Chido he learns that the former's oldest son has been murdered and his daughter Saffi kidnapped by the orders of Garnath and with the help of the Strom Rosil, a Kataki, a race predominantly engaged in the slave trade.

He also frees the pregnant Jiklo Mellow, one of the Manhounds of Faol, who joins him after killing the slave master and permanently changes his opinion on her race.

He learns of their plans to take power in Hamal and to conquer the islands of Pandahem and Vallia, but also hears of the nine Hamalian nobles who are in charge of the secret of the flying boats propulsion.

Eventfully they are rescued by the men of Trylon Rees, who followed Prescot, and clean out the slave caves and destroy the Manhounds of Faol.

Barely recovered, Prescot returns home to Valka with the Jiklo Mellow and her newly born twins by his side.