The explosive finale to the Ringworld and the Fleet of Worlds series…<\/p>\n
For 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. Now, without warning, the Ringworld has vanished, leaving behind three rival war fleets.<\/p>\n
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. But the crises converging upon the trillion puppeteers of the\u00a0Fleet of Worlds<\/i>\u00a0go far beyond even the onrushing armadas.<\/p>\n
Adventurer Louis Wu and the exiled puppeteer known only as Hindmost, marooned together for more than a decade, escaped from the Ringworld before it disappeared. And throughout those years, as he studied Ringworld technology, Hindmost has plotted to reclaim his power.<\/p>\n
One way or another, the fabled puppeteer race may have come to the end of its days.<\/p>\n
Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. His\u00a0Footfall,<\/i>\u00a0coauthored with Jerry Pournelle, was a\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0best seller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.<\/p>\n
Edward M. Lerner has degrees in physics and computer science, a background that kept him mostly out of trouble until he began writing science fiction full time. His books include\u00a0Probe, Moonstruck,<\/i>\u00a0and the collection Creative Destruction. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Ruth.<\/p>\n