The Drakos Effect
Sharcoff, Joe In the twenty-second century, the people of Earth inhabit giant fusion-powered cities sprawling across the planet. What's more, they are hosting the Cephians, advanced plantlike aliens who have come to assess humankind's readiness to join their galactic community. Although they are friendly, the aliens have been in the solar system for forty years, and humanity's patience and trust are starting to wear thin-at times violently so. Eminent astro...