by Nancy Kress · Tor Science Fiction · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780765346032
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«Crucible» is the science fiction novel by Nancy Kress, published by Tor Science Fiction in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Sequel to Crossfire: human colonists of a distant world, allied with the plant species Vine, prepare for total war against the Furs, aggressive humanoids who are technologically superior. Their only hope is a virus created by the Vines to eliminate the aggressiveness of their enemies, but its spread raises moral questions about the price for the Furs and for humanity itself.
Second installment of the Crossfire series, continuation of the story begun in the first novel.
Recommended for science fiction and space opera readers who enjoy space colonization, first contact, and moral conflicts.
Nancy Anne Kress is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella Beggars in Spain (1991), which became a novel in 1993. She also won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2013 for After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, and in 2015 for Yesterday's Kin. In addition to her novels, Kress has written numerous short stories and is a regular columnist for Writer's Digest. She is a regular at Clarion Workshops. During the winter of 2008/09, Nancy Kress was the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the University of Leipzig's Institute for American Studies in Leipzig, Germany.
