Niven, Larry: THE GRIPPING HAND

There, twenty-five years have passed since humanity guarantined the mysterious aliens known as Moties within the confines of their own solar system. They have spent a quarter century analyzing and agonizing over the deadly threat posed by the only aliens mankind has ever encountered - a race divided into distinct biological forms, each serving a different function. Master. Mediator. Engineer. Warrior. Each supremely adapted to its task, yet doomed by millions of years of evolution to an inescapable fate. For the Moties must breed - or die. And now the fragile wall separating them and the galaxy beyond is beginning to crumble...

AUTHORS:  Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

COVER: paperback

PAGES: 413

LANGUAGE: english