By Alan Dean Foster
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Bestselling writer Alan Dean Foster has written a thrilling Humanx Commonwealth event that delves deeper into the delicate early years while people made first touch during this unforgettable international . . .
In the second one 1/2 the twenty-fourth century, diplomatic relatives continue carefully among thranx and people. however the insectlike beings are approximately forgotten with the unexpected discovery of a terrific planet to colonize–Argus V–and the startling visual appeal of a brand new race of space-faring extraterrestrial beings. individuals are dazzled by way of the gorgeous, glamorous pitar. Then tragedy strikes.
The whole human inhabitants on Argus V is brutally slaughtered. now not a unmarried clue is still to spot the unseen executioners. yet from a tiny internal moon of Argus V comes a faint sign. On that insignificant bite of rubble lies the most important to the crime–setting in movement a cataclysmic chain of occasions with lethal results for thranx, pitar, and human alike. for his or her worlds could be replaced eternally by means of a titanic conflict that's their destiny and their future . . .
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He spun around in a circle of fury, lashing out with both fists. "MOTHERFUCKER! We almost bought it! " Barris, standing visible by the side of the freeway with all its heavy traffic whizzing by, got out a little horn snuffbox of death tabs and took several. He passed the snuffbox to Luckman, who took a few, then passed it to Arctor. "Maybe that's what's fucking us up," Arctor said, declining irritably. " "Dope can't screw up an accelerator linkage and carb-idle adjustment," Barris said, still holding the snuffbox out to Arctor.
He'll flash on that and rap at us for days. Somebody got in who was hip to his device and cleverly unplugged it. So, he decided, if they find it unplugged I hope they think to plug it in, and not only that, make it run right. In fact, what they really should do is test out his whole detection system, run it through its cycle as thoroughly as they do their own, be absolutely certain it functions perfectly, and then wind it back to a blank state, a tablet on which nothing is inscribed but on which something would for sure be had anyone--themselves, for example--entered the house.
They may have left some. And he thought, Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then, briefly. Under very specialized conditions, such as today. Next thing, Barris will be reasoning that I lured everyone out of the house deliberately to permit secret intruders to accomplish their thing here. And later on he will discern why and who and everything else, and in fact maybe he already has. Had a while ago, in fact; long-enough ago to initiate sabotage and destruct actions on the cephscope, car, and God knows what else.