The Gripping Hand
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    1993
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    Science Fiction
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    432
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Return to the Mote, and to the universe of Kevin Renner and Horace Bury, of Rod Blaine and Sally Fowler.

There, twenty-five years have passed since humanity quarantined the mysterious aliens known as Moties within the confines of their own solar system. They have spent a quarter century analyzing and agonizing over the deadly threat posed by the only aliens mankind has ever encountered -- a race divided into distinct biological forms, each serving a different function. Master. Mediator. Engineer. Warrior. Each supremely adapted to its task, yet doomed by millions of years of evolution to an inescapable fate. For the Moties must breed -- or die.

And now the fragile wall separating them and the galaxy beyond is beginning to crumble....
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    • First Edition
    • Jan-1994
    • Pocket
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671795740
    • ISBN13: 9780671795740
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    • May-2014
    • Gallery Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1476791236
    • ISBN13: 9781476791234
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    • Feb-1993
    • Pocket
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0671795732
    • ISBN13: 9780671795733
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    • Jan-1994
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1417718323
    • ISBN13: 9781417718320
    • Library Binding
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    • Sep-2011
    • Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
    • eBook
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    • Jan-2014
    • Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • Aug-2022
    • Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
    • eBook
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    • Feb-1993
    • Simon & Schuster Audio
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0671791109
    • ISBN13: 9780671791100
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    • May-2016
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1522601554
    • ISBN13: 9781522601555



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