Drowning World

The planet Fluva is called the Drowning World because of constant rains. Here, Chief Administrator Lauren Matthias must keep Fluva's two species, the warlike Sakuntala and the hardworking Deyzara, from annihilating one another.

<b>Alan Dean Foster</b> has written in a variety of genres. He is the author of the <i>Star Wars</i> novel <i>The Approaching Storm</i>. He is also the author of numerous nonfiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving, as well as novel versions of several films, including <i>Star Wars</i>. His novel <i>Cyber Way</i> won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first science fiction work ever to do so.<br><br>Foster’s love of the faraway and exotic has led him to travel extensively. He’s lived in Tahiti and French Polynesia, traveled to Europe, Asia, and throughout the Pacific, and has explored the back roads of Tanzania and Kenya. Foster and his wife, JoAnn Oxley, reside in Prescott, Arizona, in a house built of brick that was salvaged from a turn-of-the-century miner’s brothel. He is presently at work on several new novels and media projects.<br><br>Visit the author online at www.alandeanfoster.com. <br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>