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Fleeing a menace of galactic proportions, a spaceship crashes on an unfamiliar world, leaving the survivors -- a pair of children -- to the not-so-tender mercies of a medieval, lupine race. Responding to the crippled ship's distress signal, a rescue mission races against time to retrieve the children and recover the weapon they need to prevent the universe from being forever changed.
"Against a background depicting a space-time continuum stratified into 'zones of thought,' the author has created a rarity -- a unique blend of hard science, high drama, and superb storytelling. A mind-stretching, challenging novel." LIBRARY JOURNAL "Heart-pounding, mind-expanding science fiction at its best." "The reader grows breathless, carried away in a way that only the very best can manage." "A tale that burns with the brazen energy of the best space operas of the golden age. Vinge has created a galaxy for the readers of the 90s to believe in...immense, ancient, athrum with data webs, dotted with wonders." "Vernor Vinge's best novel yet...One of the best novels of the year!" "[T]he first grand SF I've read in ages...Awesome vistas of time and space. Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today." "Vast, riveting, far-future saga...The overall concept astonishes; the aliens are developed with memorable skill and insight... |
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