By Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Dean Ing
As soon as upon a time, within the earliest days of interplanetary exploration, an unarmed human vessel was once set upon by means of a warship from the planet Kzin. however the Kzinti discovered the not easy method that the explanation humanity had given up struggle was once that they have been so very, excellent at it. therefore all started the Man-Kzin Wars.
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