About the Book
Hugo Award: Best Novel nominee (1974). Nebula Award: Best Novel nominee (1974).
Empires at War!
Like two giants the old enemies faced
each other across the reaches of the galaxy – the Terran Empire and the
Ythrian Domain. Terra was a Leviathan, encroaching ever further among
the stars, promising peace and prosperity – but at the price of
freedom. Ythri was smaller, but an empire in its own right, peopled by
birdlike beings with a civilisation and intellect that easily matched
Terra's own.
And between the adversaries lay Avalon. One single
planet, inhabited by human and Ythri alike. Both sides wanted to claim
Avalon, by persuasion or by force, for it was a key world that could
turn the tide of war. But Avalon had developed a unique culture, a
powerful blend of human and Ythrian thought. And Avalon had ideas of
its own...
