About the Book
A fix-up novel.
When humans and kzinti met, the kzinti introduced themselves with a
scream-and-leap of joyous anticipation. But – surprise! – the monkey
boys and girls of Planet Earth not only fought back but won! How, how
could the Warrior Race have fallen prey to slinking cowardly (albeit
clever) leaf-eaters who didn't even possess weapons?
After long
hard thought the Kzin have come up with an answers: the first time they
didn't leap hard or fast enough! After all, no matter how clever the
humans may be, they won't stand a chance if it all happens so suddenly
that monkey cleverness never has a chance to come into play. So when
Eric Saxtorph and his crew stumble across the secret of the Great
Attack the kzinti are more than a little upset.
And when kzinti are upset, you know what they do...
