A Call to ArmsBallantine Books, 1992 - 341 sidor For eons, the Amplitur had searched space for intelligent species, each of which was joyously welcomed to take part in the fulfillment of the Amplitur Purpose. Whether it wanted to or not. When the Amplitur and their allies stumbled upon the races called the Weave, the Purpose seemed poised for a great leap forward. But the Weave's surprising unity also gave it the ability to fight the Amplitur and their cause. And fight it did -- for thousands of years. Will Dulac was a New Orleans composer who thought the tiny reef off Belize would be the perfect spot to drop anchor and finish his latest symphony in solitude. What he found instead was a group of alien visitors -- a scouting party for the Weave, looking. for allies among what they believed to be a uniquely warlike race: Humans. Will tried to convince the aliens that Man was fundamentally peaceful, for he understood that Human involvement would destroy the race. But all too soon, it didn't matter. The Amplitur had discovered Earth... First Time in Paperback |
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ability Alan Dean Foster alien allies Amplitur Ashregan asked base Belize Belize City better BLOODHYPE Caldaq Cancún captain Chirinaldo civilization combat command conflict convince creatures crew Crigolit DEL REY BOOKS Dropahc Dulac Echevarria encountered enemy everything eyes feel fight fighters fingers Flinx force gaze gestured going happened Hivistahm homeworld Human individual intelligent J'hai Jaruselka Kantaria kind knew lagoon land languages legs Lepar Lighthouse Reef looked Massood matter Mature-absent-Leg mean mind Molitar native never O'o'yan observation One-who-Decides planet plitur present primitive Prinac Purpose races Rastafarian reaction realize recruits Repeat-close-Looker replied response S'van sentient ship shuttle sidearm soldiers Soliwik species specimen spoke Sspari stared subofficer sure T'var talk tech technician tell There's thing Third-of-Study thought tion told translator Truly Turlog turned twitched Underspace understand Vasarih vessel waiting watched weapons Weave Will's wondered