BOOK ONE IN THE CLASSIC HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNES STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND The two hundred colonists on board the Geographic have spent a century in cold sleep to arrive here: Avalon, a lush, verdant planet lightyears from Earth. They hope to establish a permanent colony, and Avalon seems the perfect place. And so they set about planting and building. But their very presence has upset the ecology of Avalon. Soon an implacable predator stalks them, picking them off one by one. In order to defeat this alien enemy, they must reevaluate everything they think they know about Avalon, and uncover the planet's dark secrets. About The Legacy of Heorot: "Page-turning action and suspense, good characterization and convincing setting . . . may be the best thing any of those authors has written."--The Denver Post "Outstanding . . . The best ever, by the best in the field . . . the ultimate combination of imagination and realism."--Tom Clancy "Well written, action-packed, and tension filled . . . makes Aliens look like a Disney nature film."--The Washington Post "Spine-tingling ecological tale of terror."--Locus About sequel Beowulf's Children "Few writers have a finer pedigree than those here. . . . As one might suspect Beowulf's Children is seamless . . . absorbing, substantial . . . masterful novel."--Los Angeles Times "Panoramic SF adventure at its best."--Library Journal About Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle: "Possibly the greatest science fiction novel I have ever read."--Robert A. Heinlein on The Mote in God's Eye About Larry Niven: "Larry Niven's RINGWORLD remains one of the all-time classic travelogues of science fiction -- a new and amazing world and fantastic companions."--Greg Bear "Our premier hard SF writer."--The Baltimore Sun "The scope of Larry Niven's work is so vast that only a writer of supreme talent could disguise the fact as well as he can."--Tom Clancy "Niven is a true master."--Frederik Pohl About Jerry Pournelle: "Jerry Pournelle is one of science fiction's greatest storytellers."--Poul Anderson "Jerry Pournelle's trademark is first-rate action against well-realized backgrounds of hard science and hardball politics."--David Drake "Rousing . . . The Best of the Genre"--The New York Times "On the cover . . . is the claim 'No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.' And well it might be."--Milwaukee Journal on Janissaries About Steven Barnes: "Brilliant, surprising,