Drowning World
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| Author | Alan Dean Foster |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
| Released | 2003 |
| Media Type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-45036-1 |
Drowning World (2003) is a science fiction novel written by Alan Dean Foster.
[edit] Plot Summary
On the distant planet Fluva, torrential rains that leave it barely habitable also make it a treasure trove of rare botanical specimens. When the human prospector Shadrach Hasselemoga crashes in a remote area, the only crew available to search for him is the warrior Jemunu-jah, one of the native Sakuntala, and the immigrant Deyzara trader, Masurathoo. This culturally different and physically repulsive to each other couple promptly crash also. While the rescuers and the rescued are all slogging it out of the ultimate rain forest, the reptilian AAnn empire is fomenting bloody trouble between the Sakuntula and the Deyzara. This leaves Commonwealth administrator Lauren Matthias in the hot seat, with refugees swarming in to her limited facilities and the bodies of the innocent piling up, with few resources to help. But it's the survivors of the rain forest who bring new knowledge that helps save Fluva, along with quick work by Matthias.
| Foster's Humanx Commonwealth Novels |
|---|
| Stand Alone Novels |
| Cachalot | Drowning World | The Howling Stones | Midworld | Nor Crystal Tears | Sentenced to Prism | Voyage to the City of the Dead |
| Pip and Flinx |
| For Love of Mother-Not | The Tar-Aiym Krang | Orphan Star | The End of the Matter | Flinx in Flux | Mid-Flinx | Reunion | Flinx's Folly | Sliding Scales | Running from the Deity | Bloodhype | Trouble Magnet | Patrimony |
| Founding of the Commonwealth |
| Phylogenesis | Dirge | Diurnity's Dawn |
| The Icerigger Trilogy |
| Icerigger | Mission to Moulokin | The Deluge Drivers |
