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My favourite parts about any ADF novel are his aliens - they’re always developed with such detail they feel like they actually exist in our universe. While packed with the typical in-depth world-building that I love Alan Dean Foster for, the plot and characters in this novel left much to be desired. Unfortunately, a rather hum-drum adventure for Flinx and Pip (or, at least, for me). and with an ending like this one, I can't wait to get cracking on the next book! :-D. I loved every minute of this book it's definitely one of the best installments in the Humanx Commonwealth series. I'm tired just from thinking about it all Flinx must be knackered! Old friends from previous books turn up unexpectedly, with bad tidings of a colossal new threat. Suffice it to say, it involves eco-terrorism, genetic engineering, gunfights, kidnapping, a short dungeon-crawl and even a first contact with an entirely new intelligent species. This is the set-up for this fantastic book and you wouldn't believe where it goes from there. Being a good chap, he decides he's not going to let her get eaten by Alaspin's native fauna and takes her back to his ship to see if he can't help heal her and get her home. Suffice it to say, it involves eco-terrorism, genetic engineering, gunfights, kidnapping, While taking Pip's offspring back to their homeworld, Alaspin, Flinx stumbles across the unconscious and badly injured body of a young woman. While taking Pip's offspring back to their homeworld, Alaspin, Flinx stumbles across the unconscious and badly injured body of a young woman. In other words, it's good for the whole family and even crusty old SF hounds like me.
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I can't even tell that it's YA but it has all the hallmarks and it's always an easy and fun read. I suppose the best parts are where we get to spelunk, meet new alien races, foil eco-gene-terrorists, meet up with uberpowerful friends, and discover that things are going to hell in a handbasket right on the outer reaches.Īs an adventure, it's still top-notch. And he also has his first love in the form of his minidrag, so there's always that.īut still, these things do finally catch up with a boy. I mean, it's not all as bad as that, of course, and Flinx has had plenty of girls after him but he's never been in quite the right frame of mind since he was being chased by assassins, trying to save the universe, trying to discover who his father is.
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But still, these things do f High-energy action and adventure in the form of a boy and his dragon meets his biggest nemesis yet. And he also has his first love in the form of his minidrag, so there's always that. High-energy action and adventure in the form of a boy and his dragon meets his biggest nemesis yet.