A Call to Arms (The Damned) - Hardcover

Foster, Alan Dean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345358554 ISBN 13: 9780345358554

Publisher: Del Rey, 1991

Synopsis

The human race's future is uncertain, and Will Dulac is forced into action when aliens from the Weave land on Earth, seeking allies in their age-old interstellar war against Amplitur

About this title

About the Author:

Alan Dean Foster is the author of many SF adventures, the Spellsinger fantasy series and a number of film and TV tie-ins - including the hugely popular Alien novelizations.

From the Inside Flap:

e Amplitur had searched space for intelligent species, each of which was joyously welcomed to take part in the fulfillment of the Amplitur Purpose. Whether it wanted to or not. When the Amplitur and their allies stumbled upon the races called the Weave, the Purpose seemed poised for a great leap forward. But the Weave's surprising unity also gave it the ability to fight the Amplitur and their cause. And fight it did -- for thousands of years.

Will Dulac was a New Orleans composer who thought the tiny reef off Belize would be the perfect spot to drop anchor and finish his latest symphony in solitude. What he found instead was a group of alien visitors -- a scouting party for the Weave, looking. for allies among what they believed to be a uniquely warlike race: Humans.

Will tried to convince the aliens that Man was fundamentally peaceful, for he understood that Human involvement would destroy the race. But all too soon, it didn't matter. The Amplitur had discovered Earth...<

About this edition

• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0345358554
• ISBN 13: 9780345358554
• Binding: Hardcover