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Mother of Demons

by Eric Flint

On a dangerous planet, a crumbling alien civilisation struggles against barbarism while a rebel couple defies a genetically determined caste system. When a human expedition arrives, a paleobiologist must decide whether to introduce warfare to save the dying society.

Accession 32089 ISBN 9781476780320 Publisher Baen Enterprises
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