Title: The Howling StonesAuthor: Alan Dean Foster
Pages: 326
Genre: Science Fiction
Series: Humanx Commonwealth, Book 24
Synopsis: Enter another realm in the amazing world of the Humanx Commonwealth--the interstellar empire governed jointly by humans and aliens!
The newly discovered planet of Senisran was a veritable paradise--a sprawling world of vast oceans dotted with thousands of lush islands and copious deposits of rare-earths and minerals. First-contact specialist Pulickel Tomochelor's mission to Senisran was straightforward: Secure mining rights for the Humanx Commonwealth before the vicious AAnn Empire beat them to the chase. With Senisran's Parramat clan resisting entreaty, negotiations could be difficult, but Pulickel was more comfortable with aliens than with his own species, and looked forward to a triumphant return to Earth.
He hadn't counted on the incredible secret of Parramat, though: the strange, powerful green stones that the tribe used to manipulate the forces of nature. Within those stones lay an awesome technology the origin of which was lost in time--a technology that had to be kept from the AAnn at any cost . . .
Review: This was one of the best books of this series! The main character in the series, Flinx, was nowhere to be found.....and I think I liked it that way. I get a little tired of Flinx and his melodrama. Whether that is the reason or not, I believe this is in the top three books from this set.
Engaging and incredible, the story of the Parramat and their stones is one I won't soon forget.
Rating: 9.5 / 10
Alan Dean Foster! That's a blast from the past! I confess I have only read his novelisations of various films/TV shows. He wrote the novel of the original Star Wars movie, though it had George Lucas's name on the cover. I really enjoyed his Star Trek Animated novellas, which were extremely developed versions of the episodes,
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