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  • When an exploration ship from Freehold discovered a planet with intelligent lifeforms — the first which humans had ever encountered — it should have been the most important event in history. And it might be — for all the wrong reasons. Corporations on Freehold were eager to sell high-tech toys to the Ithkuil, as the inhabitants called themselves, which had the potential to disrupt their society. But, then, another ship arrived, full of idealistic do-gooders determined to keep the Ithkuil in their unspoiled state of nature. The whole thing was turning into a cross between a Marx Brothers farce and a Kafkaesque nightmare, with a potential for Greek tragedy. Contact with a more advance civilization might pose a danger to the Ithkuil, but it definitely was becoming more dangerous to the human factions, and the situation was a powder keg just waiting for a spark to cause a very deadly explosion!

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    Publisher: Baen Books
    Publication Date: 12/07/2010
    ISBN13: 9781439133736, 978-1439133736
    ISBN10: 1439133735

    Number of Pages: 368

    Fiction , Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror

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    • When an exploration ship from Freehold discovered a planet with intelligent lifeforms — the first which humans had ever encountered — it should have been the most important event in history. And it might be — for all the wrong reasons. Corporations on Freehold were eager to sell high-tech toys to the Ithkuil, as the inhabitants called themselves, which had the potential to disrupt their society. But, then, another ship arrived, full of idealistic do-gooders determined to keep the Ithkuil in their unspoiled state of nature. The whole thing was turning into a cross between a Marx Brothers farce and a Kafkaesque nightmare, with a potential for Greek tragedy. Contact with a more advance civilization might pose a danger to the Ithkuil, but it definitely was becoming more dangerous to the human factions, and the situation was a powder keg just waiting for a spark to cause a very deadly explosion!

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