Destroyer of Worlds

Worlds closer to the galatic core than Known Space are --or were-- home to intelligent speciers.#xA0; Some learned of the core explosion in time to flee.#xA0; Destroyer of Worlds#xA0;opens in 2670, ten years after#xA0; Juggler of Worlds#xA0;closes; with refugee species fleeing in an armada of ramscoops in the direction of the#xA0; Fleet of Worlds.#xA0; The onrushing aliens are recognized as a threat; they have left in their trail a host of desolated worlds: some raided for supplies, some attacked to eliminate competition, and some for pure xenophobia.#xA0; Only the Puppeteers might have the resources to confront this threat--but the Puppeteers are philosophical cowards... they don't confront anyone.#xA0; They need sepoys to investigate the situation and take action for them.#xA0; The source of the sepoys?#xA0; Their newly independent former slave world, New Terra.#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;