Book description
A classic novel of known space
Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His mission: save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before . . .
Brennan was a Belter, the…
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Larry Niven (like CJ Cherryh) is a Grand Master of science fiction and no stranger to creating unique alien creatures and societies. But the Pak aliens are one of his weirdest creations of all.
I won’t spoil the surprise, but the Pak are truly unique amongst science fictional aliens, and the Hugo-nominated book–much like The Pride of Chanur–is a non-stop chase across space with the Pak demonstrating time and again that humanity is no match for them and that they could, in fact, be our deadliest threat.
I read this book many years ago, and it’s stayed with me…
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