When her company relocates to another planet, Ofelia Falfurrias, 70, who expects to be downsized anyway, decides to remain behind. Thus she discovers the planet's population as it emerges from hiding, now that the humans have left. A meeting of cultures.
Remnant Population
β Scribed by Elizabeth Moon
- Publisher
- Orbit;Baen
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
People had always told Ofelia what to do; for once she was going to do what she wanted. She refused to get on the cryo ships, refused to leave the only world she could call home. And when they finally came for her, she hid.
Now the widow Ofelia is alone, the only remaining settler on an abandoned planet.
Then new settlers arrive. At first she fears they have come to reoccupy the settlement she has come to think of as hers - but they land far away. And as Ofelia secretly listens, they are slaughtered to the last child by stone-age aliens no one knew were there.Now it is up to Ofelia to save the aliens from Earth's wrath ...
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Book Description
An acclaimed stand-alone SF novel from the author of the hugely popular Serrano Legacy series.
From the Publisher
REMNANT POPULATION is an acclaimed stand-alone SF novel from the author of the hugely popular Serrano Legacy series.
Praise for Elizabeth Moon
`Brilliant . . . the excitement of high heroic adventure' BOOKWATCH
'A tour de force' JACK McDEVITT
'Absolutely compelling' GREG BEAR
By Elizabeth Moon
The Deed of Paksenarrion
SHEEPFARMER'S DAUGHTER/ DIVIDED ALLEGIANCE/ OATH OF GOLD,
The Legacy of Gird
SURRENDER NONE/ LIAR'S OATH
The Serrano Legacy
HUNTING PARTY/ SPORTING CHANCE/ WINNING COLOURS/ ONCE A HERO/ RULES OF ENGAGEMENT/ CHANGE OF COMMAND/ AGAINST THE ODDS
With Anne McCaffrey
SASSINAK (THE PLANET PIRATES VOLUME 1)
GENERATION WARRIORS (THE PLANET PIRATES VOLUME 2)
Library : Science Fiction
Formats : EPUB
Read : Read
ISBN : 9781841491363
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