Their message begs for help, giving the humans and puppeteers the option to help the little critters, or let them die. The G’woth are an ocean dwelling race reminiscent of starfish. In the human scout ship Don Quixote, Kirsten has finally gotten a message from the one-way relay she left in the G’woth system. It may be generations until the wave reaches where the Fleet is right now, but Puppeteers have always been long term thinkers. The radiation wave is moving fast, near light speed travel is faster, but the galaxy is bigger than you can imagine, and it still takes a long time to get anywhere. The humans and Puppeteers alike will need each others help to escape it and find new worlds to colonize. It is a precarious relationship indeed, as the overly cautious Puppeteers rely on the humans curious nature and the humans rely on the Puppeteers advanced technology.Īs we saw in Fleet of Worlds and Juggler of Worlds, the supernova explosion at the center of the galaxy is spreading its waves of radiation, killing and sterilizing everything in its path. We start off right where we ended in Juggler of Worlds – The planet New Terra is supposedly “free”, but their former Puppeteer masters don’t trust them, don’t want to help them, and still treat them like expendable servants. And if you’ve ever read Niven’s classic SF novel Ringworld, it’s not deja vu, this is a prequel series. For readers new to Niven’s Known Worlds series, I suggest starting at Fleet of Worlds, the first book in this mini series, and you can go from there. Niven has always been known for his wonderfully freakishly alien aliens, and Destroyer of Worlds gives readers the opportunity to intimately know a new bizarre alien race. Larry Niven’s lastest Known Worlds novel is fun, fast, and full of the remarkable aliens his fans have loved for years.

With Larry Niven’s Betrayer of Worlds hitting shelves this week, I figured I better post my review of his Destroyer of Worlds.

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