Fate of Worlds: Return from the Ringworld. First Edition, First Printing

Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner

ISBN 10: 0765331004 / ISBN 13: 9780765331007

Published by TOR / Tom Doherty Associates LLC, New York, 2012

About this Item

Stated First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine, though New. See scans and description. New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates LLC, 2012. 'Fate of Worlds: Return from the Ringworld', by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner. Octavo, illustrated jacket by Stephan Martiniere, maroon boards with metallic light blue spine imprinting, 318 pp. (317 + 1). Near Fine, though in fact new and as purchased new; in sealed storage, on premises, since then. Small-scale crinkle at jacket top, spine ends touched, retailer bard code sticker at rear jacket panel; see scans. The Finale of the Ringworld and Fleet of Worlds series, started by Niven with his timeless 1970 'Ringworld' and ensuing series titles. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LT15. Seller Inventory # 62895

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fate of Worlds: Return from the Ringworld. ...

Publisher: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates LLC, New York

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Stephan Martiniere (jacket)

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

For decades, the spacefaring species of Known Space have battled over the largest artifact -- and grandest prize -- in the galaxy: the all-but-limitless resources and technology of the Ringworld. But without warning, the Ringworld has vanished, leaving behind three rival war fleets.

Something must justify the blood and treasure that have been spent. If the fallen civilization of the Ringworld can no longer be despoiled of its secrets, the Puppeteers will be forced to surrender theirs. Everyone knows that the Puppeteers are cowards.

But the crises converging upon the trillion Puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds go far beyond even the onrushing armadas:

Adventurer Louis Wu and the exiled Puppeteer known only as Hindmost, marooned together for more than a decade, escaped from the Ringworld before it disappeared. And throughout those years, as he studied Ringworld technology, Hindmost has plotted to reclaim his power ...

Ol't'ro, the Gw'oth ensemble mind -- and the Fleet of Worlds' unsuspected puppet master for a century -- is deviously brilliant. And increasingly unbalanced ...

Proteus, the artificial intelligence on which, in desperation, the Puppeteers rely to manage their defenses, is outgrowing its programming -- and the supposed constraints on its initiative ...

Sigmund Ausfaller, paranoid and disgraced hero of the lost human colony of New Terra, knows that something threatens his adopted home world -- and that it must be stopped ...

Achilles, the megalomaniac Puppeteer -- twice banished, and twice rehabilitated -- sees the Fleet of Worlds' existential crisis as a new opportunity to reclaim supreme power. Whatever the risks ...

One way or another, the fabled race of Puppeteers may have come to the end of their days.

About the Author:

LARRY NIVEN is the multiple Hugo and Nebula award -- winning author of the Ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. His Beowulf's Children, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.

EDWARD M. LERNER has degrees in physics and computer science, a background that kept him mostly out of trouble until he began writing SF full-time. His recent novels include Fools' Experiments, Small Miracles, and the InterstellarNet series. Fate of Worlds is the most recent of his many collaborations with Larry Niven. Lerner lives in Virginia with his wife, Ruth.