Hard to believe there had been a time before the Purpose. Once, they had been hesitant, but that was all before the Purpose. When making such suggestions One-who-Decides spoke always encouragingly, never with the brusqueness that characterized other races. The globular gold-flecked eyes scanned the vast chamber, the slitted pupils expanding and contracting as they focused on specific sectors, seeking positions where efficiency could be improved. Each ended in four manipulating digits that rippled and flexed lazily as though conducting an unseen orchestra in a silent waltz.
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This arrangement allowed free movement of the two tentacles that protruded from either side of the head. It lay comfortably on the supportive cushion, straddling it with four short, stumpy legs. It could do the same by means of the communications hook clamped snugly across its head, but it believed strongly in the personal touch.
At a touch it would drift higher or lower, left or right so that the Amplitur could inspect, interview, check on, or give advice to those under its command.
One-who-Decides lay back on the sickle and relaxed, the curved command lounge suspended high above the floor at the end of its powerful, flexible armature. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alan Dean Foster including rare images from the author’s collection. Until an alien scholar uncovers a terrifying truth: Earthlings might not even be capable of being civilized-and a shadowy group of powerful humans is already poised to unleash war across the entire galaxy. With mankind’s help, the Weave is finally on the verge of victory against the Amplitur. But if the Weave attempts to undo the effects, they may change the former warriors into something far, far worse. When the Amplitur unleash an elite cadre of fighters, it soon becomes clear that they have subjected their human prisoners to horrific genetic manipulation. Unfortunately for all, the Amplitur have the same idea-and mankind is caught in the middle. When one of its scout ships lands on Earth, the Weave quickly realizes that humanity’s almost innate ability to wreak havoc and death may hold the key to turning the tide in their fight. In fact, most regard violence as hideously barbaric, and even the thought of harming another sentient being is beyond imagining. Humans are caught up in an alien war in this epic from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Trek Into Darkness.įor millennia, the Weave, an alliance of species, have fought to resist the telepathic Amplitur, who strive to unite all self-aware life-forms in their great “Purpose.” The Weave is slowly losing ground, but for both sides, warfare focuses more on outthinking and outmaneuvering your foe than destruction.
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