{"product_id":"starborn-and-godsons-volume-3-9781982124489","title":"Starborn and Godsons, Volume 3","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE LONG-AWAITED CONCLUSION OF THE HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvalon was thriving. The cold sleep colonists from Earth had settled on a verdant, livable world. The fast and cunning predators humans named \"grendels\" were under control, and the mainland outposts well established. Avalon's new mainland hydroelectric power station was nearly complete, and when on-line would compensate for the nuclear power systems lost in the Grendel Wars. Humans would have power, and with power came the ability to make all the necessities for life. They would survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They would not survive as a spacefaring people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What they were losing faster than they knew was the ability to get to space. But unbeknownst to the planet-bound humans, something was moving out there in the stars, decelerating at a rate impossible for a natural object. And its destination was Avalon. The most probable origin was Earth's Solar System. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a novel of first contact--between the human Starborn and the self-named Godsons who followed on, between the first generation of Avalon born humans and their descendants, and between humans and the almost ineffably alien species native to their new world.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eStarborn \u0026amp; Godsons\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\". . . this work thoughtfully builds on the vision of the future . . . to the thrilling climax. This excellent series finale sticks the landing.\"--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \". . . gritty, realistic, and exciting storytelling from authors who matched Michael Crichton back in the day for page-turning suspense.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \". . . a classic Pournelle story. Each group, Earthborn, Starborn, and Godsons have secrets they are keeping from the others, sometime deliberately, at other times inadvertently. Each group is blinded to some extent, by their biases and beliefs. Each has something the other groups need, but does not realize it. . . . a tale of the strengths and weaknesses of human societies.\"--\u003ci\u003eGalveston County Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout prequel \u003ci\u003eThe Legacy of Heorot: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Page-turning action and suspense, good characterization and convincing setting . . . may be the best thing any of those authors has written.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Outstanding  ...The best ever, by the best in the field . . . the ultimate combination of imagination and realism.\"--Tom Clancy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Well written, action-packed, and tension filled ... makes \u003ci\u003eAliens\u003c\/i\u003e look like a Disney nature film.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Spine-tingling ecological tale of terror.\"--\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout prequel \u003ci\u003eBeowulf's Children\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Few writers have a finer pedigree than those here . . . As one might suspect, \u003ci\u003eBeowulf's Children\u003c\/i\u003e is seamless . . . absorbing, substantial . . . masterful novel.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Panoramic SF adventure at its best.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Larry Niven \u0026amp; Jerry Pournelle: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Possibly the greatest science fiction novel I have ever read.\"--Robert A. Heinlein on \u003ci\u003eThe Mote in God's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Larry Niven: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Larry Niven's \u003ci\u003eRingworld\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of the all-time classic travelogues of science fiction -- a new and amazing world and fantastic companions.\"--Greg Bear \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Our premier hard SF writer.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"--Tom Clancy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Niven is a true master.\"--Frederik Pohl \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Jerry Pournelle: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Jerry Pournelle is one of science fiction's greatest storytellers.\"--Poul Anderson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Jerry Pournelle's trademark is first-rate action against well-realized backgrounds of hard science and hardball politics.\"--David Drake \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Rousing. . . . The Best of the Genre\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"On the cover . . . is the claim 'No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.' And well it might be.\"--\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eJanissaries\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Steven Barnes: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brilliant, surprising, and devastating.\"--David Mack \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sharp, observant and scary.\"--Greg Bear \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Profound and exhilarating.\"--Maurice Broaddus, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Knights of Breton Court\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Barnes 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.\"--Tim Powers \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Barnes] combines imagination, anthropology and beautiful storytelling as he takes readers to the foot of the Great Mountain, today known as Mount Kilimanjaro.\"--\u003ci\u003eDurham Triangle Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eGreat Sky Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982124489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36674235859100,"sku":"9781982124489","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_33a9f74c-36a5-4520-a905-d0714aedd629.jpg?v=1603931610","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/starborn-and-godsons-volume-3-9781982124489","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}