Cachalot (Humanx Commonwealth Series #2)

by Alan Dean Foster

Overview

From a #1 New York Times–bestselling author, a sci-fi fantasy set on an aquatic planet, where cetaceans are thriving and humans dying at an alarming rate.

Welcome to Cachalot, a planet made almost entirely of water, an ocean refuge for Earth’s marine mammals, rescued from near extinction at the hands of humans thousands of years ago. Free from predators and human impact, the whales thrive in their new home, growing in size and intelligence. Everything is perfect. Until humans decide to establish floating towns on Cachalot, drawn by the planet’s abundant natural resources. Now someone or something is killing off Cachalot’s human population, a mystery a team of marine biologists has to been sent to Cachalot to solve—a mission that could cost them their lives.

“One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science fiction and fantasy.” —The Times (London)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504084437
Publisher:	Open Road Media
Publication date:	05/09/2023
Series:	Humanx Commonwealth Series , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	286
Sales rank:	114,010
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

The New York Times–bestselling author of more than one hundred ten books, Alan Dean Foster is one of the most prominent writers of modern science fiction. Born in New York City in 1946, he studied filmmaking at UCLA, but first found success in 1968 when a horror magazine published one of his short stories. In 1972 he wrote his first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, the first in his Pip and Flinx series featuring the Humanx Commonwealth, a universe he has explored in more than twenty-five books. He also created the Spellsinger series, numerous film novelizations, and the story for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. An avid world traveler, he lives with his family in Prescott, Arizona.

Editorial Reviews

Foster's Cachalot is a "well-written story of a women biologist and her spoiled daughter who find love, adventure, and self-realization" (LJ 4/15/80). Severn House's version is the only hardcover edition available.

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