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I fell in love with Ringworld 30 years ago and, of all the scifi planets, it the only one where I'd like to retire.' If you've never read Niven, read Ringworld. If you've read the other books, read this one to complete the series. 'Typical work in the Larry Niven universe. One way or another, the fabled puppeteer race may have come to the end of its days. And throughout those years, as he studied Ringworld technology, Hindmost has plotted to reclaim his power.

But the crises converging upon the trillion puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds go far beyond even the onrushing armadas.Īdventurer Louis Wu and the exiled puppeteer known only as Hindmost, marooned together for more than a decade, escaped from the Ringworld before it disappeared.

Somethingmust justify the blood and treasure that have been spent.If the fallen civilization of the Ringworld can no longer be despoiled of its secrets, the puppeteers will be forced to surrender theirs -everyone knows that they are cowards. Now, without warning, the Ringworld has vanished, leaving behind three rival war fleets. The explosive finale to the Ringworld and the Fleet of Worlds seriesįor decades, the spacefaring species of known space have battled over the largest artifact-and grandest prize-in the galaxy: the all-but-limitless resources and technology of the Ringworld.

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