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| Orbit paperback, 1984. Cover artist uncredited. |
"When sensors detect the presence of alien intelligence in the region of the star Archernar, a team of 'Tamers' is sent to investigate. They are never seen again.
Another small team, the elite of the Tamer agency, is ordered out, primed with every defensive and offensive weapon the technology of Earth can devise.
What they find looks harmless enough at first, but develops into the most hideous confrontation mankind will ever have to endure."
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| Orbit paperback, 1977. Cover painting by Josh Kirby. |
"A DAZZLING EPIC OF THE FAR FUTURE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE FOREVER WAR
MINDBRIDGE
When sensors detect the presence of alien intelligence in the region of the star Achernar, a team of 'Tamers' is sent to investigate. They are never seen again. Another small team, the elite of the Tamer agency, is ordered out, primed with every defensive and offensive weapon the technology of earth can devise. What they find looks harmless enough at first, but develops into the most hideous confrontation mankind will ever have to endure."
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| Orbit paperback, 1976. Cover painting by Patrick Woodroffe. |
"My name is Private Mandella.
I am one of the elite of the Earth. I have an IQ over 150: I have unusual health and strength and I have been conscripted to guard humanity against the Tauran menace on some lonely outpost of the galaxy.
The catch is - the way to get back home is after a combat tour, which because of the collapsar jump could last a century or two. That won't matter, I'll only be a few months older, but I won't recognise the earth I left. And, of course, not fitting in I won't want to stay there so I'll re-enlist, and when I return as a veteran they won't even speak my language...
The army is my home now.
But that's what they planned all along wasn't it...Wasn't it?"
