Starbound

Carmen Dula and her husband spent six years travelling to the distant home of the powerful race known as "The Others," in the hopes of forging a truce. But by the time Carmen returns to Earth, fifty years have passed-and the Earthlings have built a flotilla of warships to defend Earth against The Others.

But The Others have more power than anyone could imagine-and they will brook no insolence from the upstart human race.

Carmen Dula and her husband spent six years travelling to the distant home of the powerful race known as "The Others," in the hopes of forging a truce. But by the time Carmen returns to Earth, fifty years have passed-and the Earthlings have built a flotilla of warships to defend Earth against The Others.

But The Others have more power than anyone could imagine-and they will brook no insolence from the upstart human race.

Library Journal

A team of humans and Martians travel together through space to search for the home world of the mysterious race the Others to convince them not to destroy humanity. The author of the sf classic The Forever War knows how to combine hard sf with genuinely believable characters, both alien and human, in a suspenseful tale laced with Haldeman's sense of humor. VERDICT Haldeman's popularity is owing to the timeliness of subject and his appeal to sf fans of many generations. An important and entertaining addition to most sf collections.

Joe Haldeman has serves twice as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America and is currently an adjunct professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.