The dialog is mostly presented in the form of the "sing-speech" of the native seal-like creatures, which is very neatly reasoned and presented, but it becomes tedious pretty quickly. Flinx saved the universe, literally, in the story immediately preceding this one, and so it seems that it should be a relatively easy task to save some singing seals from prime-directive violation contamination, and rescue a princess along the way. The dialog is m It's great that there's a new Flinx & Pip novel in the world, and it's probably simply because I enjoyed previous volumes so much that my expectations for this one were unrealistically high and I was left feeling a little bit let down. It's great that there's a new Flinx & Pip novel in the world, and it's probably simply because I enjoyed previous volumes so much that my expectations for this one were unrealistically high and I was left feeling a little bit let down. It is, after all, about saying hi to an old friend and his deadly minidrag. Overall, this is a very comfortable SF adventure and I recommend it to anyone just wanting to unwind. A well-done formula with truly fascinating aliens and fun situations, but I'll be honest: there's nothing really new here aside from a race of aliens that speak in metered song and we're given all of that as a treat. It's everything you might expect out of the Flinx novels. There are intrigue and kidnapping and huge economic and technological disparity, and as is usual with these novels. They can fool him as they sing! It makes for good times for his mighty empathic warning system. And fortunately, his biggest asset is neutralized fairly well by this new planet of singing seal-like aliens. I mean, this is a standard Flinx adventure, after all.
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And after having the powers of three ancient BDO's used and spent, leaving him, for once, to be free with his love and his friends, free of an enormous aegis. They can fool him as they sing! It makes for good times for his mighty empat So Flinx got godlike in the last novel.
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and destroy the chance for peace in Largess forever.more Now Flinx must depend on his own mettle-and of course, Pip, the devoted minidrag with the deadly edge-to right wrongs, mend fences, and battle a cold-blooded adversary armed with enough firepower to blow them all away. Worse, the abduction of a powerful chieftain's daughter has raised tensions to the boiling point.
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And Flinx is just the man to stop it before it starts.īut once on Largess, Flinx discovers his empathic abilities-usually his greatest asset-are rendered useless by the natives' unique language, which is sung rather than spoken. But now a rogue human employing forbidden advanced weaponry threatens to ignite a war among the Larians. The unexpected return of an old friend draws Flinx and Pip to the backward planet of Largess, whose seal-like denizens' primitive technology and fractious clan politics have kept a wary Commonwealth from a profitable trade relationship. Facing danger and doing good is their business.
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Fans of fun, fast-paced, imaginative science fiction adventure, rejoice! #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to his much-loved Commonwealth series with a new novel starring the indefatigable Flinx and his venomous minidr Unlikely duo Pip and Flinx return to right another wrong in this all-new sci-fi adventure from one of the genre's living legends.įans of fun, fast-paced, imaginative science fiction adventure, rejoice! #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to his much-loved Commonwealth series with a new novel starring the indefatigable Flinx and his venomous minidrag, Pip. Unlikely duo Pip and Flinx return to right another wrong in this all-new sci-fi adventure from one of the genre's living legends.