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Series is Legacy of Heorot
Legacy of Heorot:

A series of science fiction novels written by Larry Niven with Steven Barnes and Jerry Pournelle on the first two novels.
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1 1987 2016 (1) The Legacy of Heorot
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BOOK ONE IN THE CLASSIC HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNES

The two hundred colonists on board the Geographic have spent a century in cold sleep to arrive here: Avalon, a lush, verdant planet lightyears from Earth. They hope to establish a permanent colony, and Avalon seems the perfect place. And so they set about planting and building.

But their very presence has upset the ecology of Avalon. Soon an implacable predator stalks them, picking them off one by one. In order to defeat this alien enemy, they must reevaluate everything they think they know about Avalon, and uncover the planet's dark secrets.

At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

About The Legacy of Heorot:
"Page-turning action and suspense, good characterization and convincing setting . . . may be the best thing any of those authors has written.”—The Denver Post

“Outstanding! . . . The best ever, by the best in the field . . . the ultimate combination of imagination and realism.”—Tom Clancy

“Well written, action-packed, and tension filled . . . makes Aliens look like a Disney nature film."—The Washington Post

“Spine-tingling ecological tale of terror.”—Locus

About sequel Beowulf's Children:
"Few writers have a finer pedigree than those here. . . . As one might suspect Beowulf's Children is seamless . . . absorbing, substantial . . . masterful novel."—Los Angeles Times

"Panoramic SF adventure at its best."—Library Journal

About Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle:
"Possibly the greatest science fiction novel I have ever read."—Robert A. Heinlein on The Mote in God's Eye

About Larry Niven:
“Larry Niven’s RINGWORLD remains one of the all-time classic travelogues of science fiction — a new and amazing world and fantastic companions.”—Greg Bear

"Our premier hard SF writer.”—The Baltimore Sun

"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

"Niven is a true master."—Frederik Pohl

About Jerry Pournelle:
"Jerry Pournelle is one of science fiction's greatest storytellers."—Poul Anderson

"Jerry Pournelle's trademark is first-rate action against well-realized backgrounds of hard science and hardball politics."—David Drake

"Rousing . . . The Best of the Genre"—The New York Times

"On the cover . . . is the claim 'No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.' And well it might be."—Milwaukee Journal on Janissaries

About Steven Barnes:
“Brilliant, surprising, and devastating.”—David Mack

“Sharp, observant and scary.”—Greg Bear

"Profound and exhilarating."—Maurice Broaddus, author of The Knights of Breton Court

“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

“[Barnes] combines imagination, anthropology and beautiful storytelling as he takes readers to the foot of the Great Mountain, today known as Mount Kilimanjaro.”—Durham Triangle Tribune on Great Sky Woman
2 1995 2016 (2) Beowulf's Children
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Steven Barnes  
Larry Niven  
Jerry Pournelle  
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From amazon.com:

BOOK TWO IN THE CLASSIC HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNES.

Some twenty years have passed since the passengers and crew of the starship Geographic established a colony on the hostile alien world of Avalon. In that time, a new generation has grown up in the peace and serenity of the island paradise of Camelot, ignorant of the Great Grendel Wars fought between their parents and grandparents and the monstrous inhabitants of Avalon.

Now, under the influence of a charismatic leader, a group of young rebels makes for the mainland, intent on establishing their own colony, sure that they can vanquish any foe that should stand in their way.

But they will soon discover that Avalon holds darker secrets still.

At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

About Beowulf's Children:

"Few writers have a finer pedigree than those here....  As one might suspect Beowulf's Children is seamless... absorbing, substantial... masterful novel." - Los Angeles Times

"Panoramic SF adventure at its best." - Library Journal

Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. With Jerry Pournelle, he is the author of the all-time SF classic The Mote in God's Eye, and subsequent books in the series, as well as the novels in the Heorot series. He lives in Chatsworth, California.

Jerry Pournelle was a master of military science fiction, author of the series of novels about John Christian Falkenberg and his legion of interstellar mercenaries, and many other works, such as Janissaries, Exiles to Glory, High Justice, King David's Spaceship, Starswarm, and others. With Larry Niven he collaborated on a string of bestselling novels, including Lucifer's Hammer, The Mote in God's Eye, Footfall, and many more. He held advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science, and has was actively involved professionally in all these fields.

Steven Barnes is a New York Times best-selling, Hugo Award–nominated author of Twelve Days among other novels, a screenwriter, and creator of the Lifewriting™ writing course, which he has taught nationwide. He recently won an NAACP Image Award as coauthor of the Tennyson Hardwick mystery series with his spouse, Tananarive Due, and actor Blair Underwood.
3 1997 2008 (3) Destiny's Road
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2730 A.D., planet Destiny

Wide and smooth, the Road was seared into planet Destiny's rocky surface by the fusion drive of the powered landing craft, Cavorite. The Cavorite deserted the original interstellar colonists, stranding them without hope of contacting Earth.

Now, descendants of those pioneers have many questions about the Road, but no settler who has gone down it has ever returned. For Jemmy Bloocher, a young farm boy, the questions burn too hot - and he sets out to uncover the many mysteries of Destiny's Road.

"Jemmy is a believable and sympathetic character, the pacing is flawless, the science is rock-solid, and my disbelief was so suspended it could have been on Neptune." - The San Diego Union-Tribune

"Niven has always been good at giving his worlds texture, but the high-tech high-jinks of Known Space tend to obscure that part of his art.  Here, with the space operatics turned way down, the hear that, by god, the man really can sing." - Locus






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