Book description
They call them the "rat-catchers." They're the crew of the
spaceship Daedalus, which a declining Earth has sent to re-establish
contact with its long-lost colonies. Biologist Alex Alexander, together
with his staff, must help solve the mysteries of human and alien
ecosystems that they encounter far from home. On the world called
Wildeblood, named for the ecologist/Emperor who founded it, the
settlers' descendants harbor a terrible secret--a secret that Alex must
uncover, if the colony is to survive. But he must also make contact with
the world OTHER intelligent species, something that will take time--time
that the colonists are determined not to give him. And even if can solve
the biological problem, what about the diplomatic one? The Daedalus
Mission, Book Three.
