**"The master of science-fiction intrigue" (*Washington Post*) returns to the Coyote universe.**
The planet of Coyote has become the last, best hope of humankind, but it has also become the principal point of contact with the *hjadd*, the alien race encountered by a European starship many years earlier. Although the *hjadd* have built an embassy near the original colony, they remain a mystery.
And as the colonists make preparations to explore the rest of the new world, ex-convict Hawk Thompson discovers more about the *hjadd* than anyone has learned before-and his knowledge will change human history...
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**"The master of science-fiction intrigue" (*Washington Post*) returns to the Coyote universe.**
The planet of Coyote has become the last, best hope of humankind, but it has also become the principal point of contact with the *hjadd*, the alien race encountered by a European starship many years earlier. Although the *hjadd* have built an embassy near the original colony, they remain a mystery.
And as the colonists make preparations to explore the rest of the new world, ex-convict Hawk Thompson discovers more about the *hjadd* than anyone has learned before-and his knowledge will change human history...