Strange Music

#15 Pip and Flinx

Alan Dean Foster

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Random House
15 June 2018

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Adventure; Science fiction; Science; Future Society; Post Holocaust Sci-Fi; Aliens; Space Ships; Contemporary Sci-Fi

Series: Pip and Flinx

Empathic Flinx and his minidrag Pip have saved the universe more times than they can count, but the return of an old friend pulls the duo from their retirement and plunges them into a story of intrigue and imagination. The planet of Largess has recently opened itself to trade with the human-dominated Commonwealth. But when the daughter of a powerful chieftain goes missing, authorities believe a covert agent to be the cause. They need someone to track down the princess and roust the troublemaker, and to do so without alerting the whole planet to their involvement. Can Pip and Flinx, perpetual fish out of water, save the day?

Unlikely duo Pip and Flinx return to right another wrong in this all-new sci-fi adventure from one of the genre's living legends.

Fans of fun, fast-paced, imaginative science fiction adventure, rejoice! #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to his much-loved Commonwealth series with a new novel starring the indefatigable Flinx and his venomous minidrag, Pip. Facing danger and doing good is their business . . . provided the price is right.

The unexpected return of an old friend draws Flinx and Pip to the backward planet of Largess, whose seal-like denizens' primitive technology and fractious clan politics have kept a wary Commonwealth from a profitable trade relationship. But now a rogue human employing forbidden advanced weaponry threatens to ignite a war among the Larians. And Flinx is just the man to stop it before it starts.

But once on Largess, Flinx discovers that his empathic abilities-usually his greatest asset-are rendered useless by the natives' unique language, which is sung rather than spoken. Worse, the abduction of a powerful chieftain's daughter has raised tensions to the boiling point. Now Flinx must depend on his own mettle-and of course Pip, the devoted minidrag with the deadly edge-to right wrongs, mend fences, and battle a cold-blooded adversary armed with enough firepower to blow them all away . . . and destroy the chance for peace in Largess forever.

Advance praise for Strange Music

""Adventure-loving readers new to the series, as well as old fans, will enjoy

Alan Dean

Foster's return to Commonwealth space.""-Publishers Weekly

By: Alan Dean Foster
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 171mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 221g
ISBN: 9781101967621
ISBN 10: 1101967625
Series: Pip and Flinx
Publication Date: 15 June 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ALAN DEAN FOSTER's work to date includes excursions into hard science-fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He has also written numerous non-fiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novel versions of many films, including such well-known productions as Star Wars and the first three Alien films. Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, computer games, and the story for the first Star Trek movie. Foster's sometimes humorous, occasionally poignant, but always entertaining short fiction has appeared in all the major SF magazines as well as in original anthologies and several Best of the Year compendiums. He resides with his wife in Prescott, Arizona, but spends much of his time traveling the world as a naturalist and explorer.

Reviews for Strange Music (#15 Pip and Flinx)

Advance praise for Strange Music “Adventure-loving readers new to the series, as well as old fans, will enjoy [Alan Dean] Foster’s return to Commonwealth space.”—Publishers Weekly