Hex

Authors: Steele, Allen
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC002000, FIC028090, FIC028010
ISBN: 9781101528907, Related ISBNs: 0441020364, 1101528907, 1937007510, 9780441020362, 9781101528907
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 336,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: The two-time Hugo Award-winner expands the universe of his Coyote saga.

The danui, a reclusive arachnid species considered the galaxy's finest engineers, have avoided contact with the Coyote Federation. Until, that is, the danui initiate trade negotiations, offering only information: the coordinates for an unoccupied world suitable for human life-a massive sphere, composed of billions of hexagons.

But when the Federation's recon mission goes terribly wrong, the humans realize how little they know about their new partners...
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