Book description
There were three of them - Adzel who measured four and a half metres
and resembled a dragon, Chee Lan who was furry, catlike and female, and
David Falkayn, a dare-devil rakehell from space When they learned of a
rogue planet two hundred and four light-years from Sol, they were
interested interested because the planet, a nightmare of ice and
darkness, was rich in minerals. And the planet was about to melt - to
move closer to a sun and release the vast wealth entombed in its depths.
And Falkayn, Chee Lan and Adzel were prepared to risk the horrors of an
erupting, melting world if they could only salvage the riches that would
shortly boil from the planet's core Poul Anderson (1926-2001) was born
in Pennsylvania of Scandinavian stock. He started publishing science
fiction in 1947 and became one the great figures in the genre, serving
as President of the Science Fiction Writers of America, winning multiple
Hugo and Nebula awards, and was named a SFWA Grand Master. He
collaborated regularly with wife, Karen, and their daughter is married
to noted SF writer Greg Bear. Poul Anderson died in July 2001.
