The Ringworld Throne -- Larry Niven

<b>Come back to the Ringworld . . . the most astonishing feat of engineering ever encountered. A place of untold technological wonders, home to a myriad humanoid races, and world of some of the most beloved science fiction stories ever written </b> <p/>The human, Louis Wu; the puppeteer known as the Hindmost; Acolyte, son of the Kzin called Chmeee . . . legendary beings brought together once again in the defense of the Ringworld. <p/>Something is going on with the Protectors. Incoming spacecraft are being destroyed before they can reach the Ringworld. Vampires are massing. And the Ghouls have their own agenda--if anyone dares approach them to learn. <p/>Each race on the Ringworld has always had its own Protector. Now it looks as if the Ringworld itself needs a Protector. But who will sit on the Ringworld Throne? <p/><b>"Niven's work has been an intriguing and consistent universe, and this book is the keystone of the arch. . . . His] technique is wonderfully polished, his characters and their situations are nicely drawn . . . wraps up (maybe) a corner of a very interesting universe."--<i>San Diego Union-Tribune </i></b><br><br><b>Author:</b> Larry Niven<br><b>Publisher:</b> Del Rey Books<br><b>Published:</b> 03/30/1997<br><b>Pages:</b> 368<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.40lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.80h x 4.10w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780345412966<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Larry Niven</b> was born in 1938 in Los Angeles, California. In 1956, he en