Fleet of Worlds: Book 4(A prequel to the seminal science fiction classic, Ringworld and the Ringworld series.) Since fleeing the supernova chain reaction at the galactic core, the cowardly Puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds have -- just barely -- survived one crisis after another: the rebellion of their human slaves, the relentless questing of the species of Known Space, the spectacular rise of the starfish-like Gw'oth, the onslaught...
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