The Howling Stones - Softcover

Foster, Alan Dean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345406451 ISBN 13: 9780345406453

Publisher: Del Rey Books, 1997

Synopsis

The newly discovered planet of Senisran was a veritable paradise. Its vast oceans were dotted with thousands of lush islands containing vast deposits of rare-earths and minerals. But Senisran was also the Humanx Commonwealth's problem child, for each island was inhabited by a different tribe of aboriginal natives whose customs and tribal rites varied from island to island. Each had to be negotiated with separately for mining rights, and the Commonwealth was locked in a race against the vicious AAnn Empire to secure those rights. Now the clans of the Parramat Archipelago on Senisran were resisting entreaties by the Commonwealth and AAnn alike. And so xenologist and first-contact specialist Pulickel Tomochelor was dispatched from Earth to handle this most sensitive and stubborn negotiation. More comfortable with aliens than with his own species, and confident in his extraordinary ability to communicate with them, Pulickel looked forward to a short assignment and a triumphant return to Earth. But he hadn't counted on the incredible secret of Parramat: the strange green stones that the natives used to bless the crops, ensure plentiful fishing, heal the injured and ill, and control the weather. For within those stones lay an awesome technology the origin of which was lost in time - a technology that had to be kept from the AAnn at any cost.

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Product Description:

Essef - A novel of the humanx commonwealth, the interstellar empire governed jointly by humans and aliens! Enter another realm in the amazing world of the Humanx Commonwealth. The newly discovered planet of Senisran was a veritable paradise - a sprawling world of vast oceans dotted with thousands of lush islands and copious deposits of rare-earths and minerals. First-contact specialist Pulickel Tomochelor's mission to Senisran was straightforward: Secure mining rights for the Humanx Commonwealth before the vicious AAnn Empire beat them to the chase. With Senisran's Parramat clan resisting entreaty, negotiations could be difficult, but Pulickel was more comfortable with aliens than with his own species, and looked forward to a triumphant return to Earth. He hadn't counted on the incredible secret of Parramat, though: the strange, powerful green stones that the tribe used to manipulate the forces of nature. Within those stones lay an awesome technology the origin of which was lost in time - a technology that had to be kept from the AAnn at any cost

Review:

Expansive and colourful (John Clute, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

This is one of his very best works (STARBURST)

About this edition

• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0345406451
• ISBN 13: 9780345406453
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326