Strange Music
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3.7 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Foster's popular adventuring team return, eight years after the publication of Flinx Transcendent, for their lively 15th sci-fi adventure, set in a world where language is song. Genetically engineered empath Flinx and loyal flying serpent Pip are called out of quiet retirement by the religious branch of the galaxy-spanning Commonwealth to investigate rumors that someone is illegally passing technology to Largess, a low-tech world that's not ready for it. What sounds like a simple job quickly turns into a mission to prevent a war when the first-born daughter of a powerful Larian lord is kidnapped by the man behind the illegal weapons trade. An added complication is the Larian language, called "singspeak": sentences are phrased artfully and sung. It's like being surrounded by "rehearsals for a dozen different operas," and once someone starts to sing, Flinx's ability to detect emotions or truthfulness is blocked. As usual, Foster balances brisk action with humor and supplies his alien worlds with lots of local color. Adventure-loving readers new to the series, as well as old fans, will enjoy Foster's return to Commonwealth space.
