The Legacy of Heorot
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The two hundred colonists on board theΒ GeographicΒ have spent a century in cold sleep to arrive here: Avalon, a lush, verdant planet lightyears from Earth. They hope to establish a permanent colony, and Avalon seems the perfect place. And so they set about planting and building.
But their very presence has upset the ecology of Avalon. Soon an implacable predator stalks them, picking them off one by one. In order to defeat this alien enemy, they must reevaluate everything they think they know about Avalon, and uncover the planet's dark secrets.
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AboutΒ The Legacy of Heorot:
"Page-turning action and suspense, good characterization and convincing setting . . . may be the best thing any of those authors has written.ββThe Denver Post
βOutstanding! . . . The best ever, by the best in the field . . . the ultimate combination of imagination and realism.ββTom Clancy
βWell written, action-packed, and tension filled . . . makes Aliens look like a Disney nature film."βThe Washington Post
βSpine-tingling ecological tale of terror.ββLocus
About sequelΒ Beowulf's Children:
"Few writers have a finer pedigree than those here. . . . As one might suspectΒ Beowulf's ChildrenΒ is seamless . . . absorbing, substantial . . . masterful novel."βLos Angeles Times
"Panoramic SF adventure at its best."βLibrary Journal
About Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle:
"Possibly the greatest science fiction novel I have ever read."βRobert A. Heinlein onΒ The Mote in God's Eye
About Larry Niven:
βLarry NivenβsΒ RINGWORLDΒ remains one of the all-time classic travelogues of science fiction β a new and amazing world and fantastic companions.ββGreg Bear
"Our premier hard SF writer.ββThe Baltimore Sun
"The scope of Larry Niven's work is so vast that only a writer of supreme talent could disguise the fact as well as he can."βTom Clancy
"Niven is a true master."βFrederik Pohl
About Jerry Pournelle:
"Jerry Pournelle is one of science fiction's greatest storytellers."βPoul Anderson
"Jerry Pournelle's trademark is first-rate action against well-realized backgrounds of hard science and hardball politics."βDavid Drake
"Rousing . . . The Best of the Genre"βThe New York Times
"On the cover . . . is the claim 'No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.' And well it might be."βMilwaukee Journal on Janissaries
About Steven Barnes:
βBrilliant, surprising, and devastating.ββDavid Mack
βSharp, observant and scary.ββGreg Bear
"Profound and exhilarating."βMaurice Broaddus, author ofΒ The Knights of Breton Court
βBarnes gives us characters that are vividly real people, conceived with insight and portrayed with compassion and rare skill and then he stokes the suspense up to levels that will make the reader miss sleep and be late for work.ββTim Powers
β[Barnes] combines imagination, anthropology and beautiful storytelling as he takes readers to the foot of the Great Mountain, today known as Mount Kilimanjaro.ββDurham Triangle TribuneΒ onΒ Great Sky Woman
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<b>Larry Niven</b> is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. With Jerry Pournelle, he is the author of the all-time SF classic <i>The Mote in God's Eye</i>, and subsequent books in the series, as well as the novels in the Heorot series. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
<b>Jerry Pournelle</b> was a master of military science fiction, author of the series of novels about John Christian Falkenberg and his legion of interstellar mercenaries, and many other works, such as <i>Janissaries, Exiles to Glory, High Justice, King David's Spaceship, Starswarm</i>, and others. With Larry Niven he collaborated on a string of bestselling novels, including <i>Lucifer's Hammer, The Mote in God's Eye, Footfall</i>, and many more. He held advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science, and has was actively involved professionally in all these fields.
<b>Steven Barnes</b> is a New York Times best-selling, Hugo Awardβnominated author of Twelve Days among other novels, a screenwriter, and creator of the Lifewritingβ’ writing course, which he has taught nationwide. He recently won an NAACP Image Award as coauthor of the Tennyson Hardwick mystery series with his spouse, Tananarive Due, and actor Blair Underwood.
