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Learn moreGet ready for an adventure on a world from the brilliant imagination of New York Times bestselling author Larry Niven.
Wide and smooth, the Road was seared into planet Destiny’s rocky surface by the fusion drive of the powered landing craft, Cavorite. TheCavorite deserted the original interstellar colonists, stranding them without hope of contacting Earth.
Now, descendants of those pioneers have many questions about the Road, but no settler who has gone down it has ever returned. For Jemmy Bloocher, a young farm boy, the questions burn too hot—and he sets out to uncover the many mysteries of Destiny’s Road.
Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award–winning author of science fiction short stories and novels, including the Ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. His Footfall, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle, was a New York Times bestseller.
Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
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“This realistic tale of power, deceit, adventure, and awakening by Hugo and Nebula Award winner Niven is highly recommended.”
“Niven’s sure hand with details opens the story up in unexpected directions…I hope the inevitable sequel maintains this admirable balance.”
“Niven describes a believable alien world very much like Earth but with subtle, occasionally deadly differences…An enjoyable piece of work.”
“Niven has always been good at giving his worlds texture…Here, with the space operatics turned way down, we hear that, by God, the man really can sing.”
“The pacing of his adventures is flawless, the science is rock-solid, and my disbelief was so suspended it could have been on Neptune.”
“A fascinating and skillfully detailed alien ecology, along with solid characters and some intriguing problems for them to tackle: Niven in top form.”
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