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作       者:Tepper, Sheri S.

出  版  社:HarperCollins e-books

出版时间:2009-10-13

字       数:83.2万

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Three planets have been recently discovered in deep space, and prosaically named to reflect their respective environments. Jungle, lush and foreboding, swallowed up an eleven-member exploratory team more than a decade earlier, while hot, harsh, and dusty Stone turned out to be phenomenally rich in rare ore, the most profitable new world to be found in a century. But it is the third, Moss, that could well prove to be the most enigmatic . . . and dangerous.Enlisted by the Planetary Protection Institute -- an organization founded to assess new worlds for potential development and profit -- famed linguist Paul Delis has come to Moss to determine whether the strange multicolored shapes of dancing light observed on the planet's surface are evidence of intelligent life. With Delis is his half sister, Jewel, the wife of one of the explorers lost on Jungle. Working together, they are to determine the true nature of the “Mossen” and decipher the strange "language" that accompanies the phenomenon.Yet the great mysteries of this bucolic world -- three-quarters covered in wind-sculpted, ever-shifting moss -- don't end with the inexplicable illuminations; there is the puzzle of the rusting remains of a lost fleet of Earth ships, moldering on a distant plateau. Perhaps the biggest question mark is Jewel Delis herself and her mission here at the far reaches of the galaxy. Leaving an overpopulated homeworld that is rapidly becoming depleted of the raw materials needed for human survival, Jewel is a member of a radical underground group opposing a recent government edict that will eliminate all of the planet's “nonessential” living inhabitants. And it is here, at the universe's unexplored edge, where the fate of endangered creatures may ultimately be decided -- though it will mean defying ruthless and unforgiving ruling powers to repair humankind's disintegrating relationship with the beasts of the Earth.
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Dedication

Contents

The Litany of Animals

The Place

The Linguist’s Sister: Jewel Delis

Remembering Matty

Liaison

How I Became a Spy

Mission To Moss

The Orskimi

The Days Before Departure

The Days Before Departure: Continued

Iggy-Huffo

The Derac

The Great Highlands

An Errand En Route

Dogs on Moss

The Found Thing

Something Happening Elsewhere: Derac

The Puppies

The Esc

Bliss

Walking Sunshine

The Meeting

Walking Sunshine Again

Duras Drom

The Moss-Demon

A Decision in Chagga

The Arrival of Gainor Brandt

The Language

The Door To Splendor

The Message From the World

Toward the Battleground

An Unexpected Encounter

Splendor

Escape

A Matter of Scale

A Meeting of Interested Parties

The Willog War

End of a Dog’s Tale

Praise

Other Books by Sheri S. Tepper

Copyright

About the Publisher

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