โ Scribed by Anne McCaffrey; Jody Lynn Nye
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
FOR THE GOOD OF THE PLANET? OR THE DESTRUCTION OF AN ALLIANCE?
Several years after resolving a crisis of treachery on Doona, the Humans and Hrrubans encounter a new threat to their peaceful coexistence ...
The Gringgs are not the first alien visitors to Doona, but they are the first to offer friendshipand a proposal to partake in a trade agreement being drawn up by Doonas leaders. Some are willing to trust the Gringgs; others question their true motives ... and a battle of diplomatic unrest ensues.
With Doonas military forces at the ready, the planet once again falls under the dark shadow of uncertaintyand the threat of self-destruction ...
AN URGENT PLEA
Ill have to put the matter to the Amalgamated Worlds Administration on Earth before we can discuss this further, Smitral was saying. In the meantime, I am glad to see we continue with the spirit of cooperation that has characterized this world of Rraladoon for thirty years.
Pardon me, Todd said, edging adroitly between the two diplomats, I see little evidence of cooperation in your faces but a lot of wariness. Speaker Hrrto, would you like to know what the Gringg asked for in our talks?
Reeve, no! Markudian cried, outraged.
Markudian, yes! Todd said, rounding on him. I see this as a real test of Rraldoonan integrity, not Hayuman/Hrruban competition. Consider this, he went on urgently, looking around the circle. One of the reasons the Gringg thought we were a single species was the way we worked together. I was delighted by that because it showed wed learned to trust each other. But the first stir of the pot from outside and we separate into distrustfuland greedystrangers. Todd stared at each one in turn, his glance gliding over Greenes smug expression. So lets reinstate the honesty we have always used in dealings on Rraladoon.
Anne McCaffrey is the author of Freedom's Landing, Freedom's Choice, and Freedom's Challenge. In 1999 she received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, given by the American Library Association, for lifetime achievement. One of science fiction's most beloved writers, Anne lives in Ireland.
Library : Science Fiction
Universes : Doona [03]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780441000890
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