Fate of Worlds

The Ringworld Series - Book 5

Fate of Worlds

By Larry Niven
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“A new Known Space book, particularly one with new information about Puppeteers and their doings behind the scenes of human history, needs recommending within the science fiction community about as much as a new Harry Potter novel does, well, anywhere. But Niven and Lerner have produced a novel that can stand on its own as well as part of the Known Space franchise.”

Locus

The explosive finale to the Ringworld and the Fleet of Worlds series

For decades, the spacefaring species of known space have battled over the largest artifact—and grandest prize—in the galaxy: the all-but-limitless resources and technology of the Ringworld. Now, without warning, the Ringworld has vanished, leaving behind three rival war fleets.

Somethingmust justify the blood and treasure that have been spent.If the fallen civilization of the Ringworld can no longer be despoiled of its secrets, the puppeteers will be forced to surrender theirs—everyone knows that they are cowards. But the crises converging upon the trillion puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds go far beyond even the onrushing armadas.

Adventurer Louis Wu and the exiled puppeteer known only as Hindmost, marooned together for more than a decade, escaped from the Ringworld before it disappeared. And throughout those years, as he studied Ringworld technology, Hindmost has plotted to reclaim his power.

One way or another, the fabled puppeteer race may have come to the end of its days.

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  1. Chmee
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    better than Ringworlds Children

    The story here is good and I didn't find it quite as confusing to follow as the previous book. There are a couple characters that were easy to confuse though (similar voicing). There's a lot of new stuff affecting the timeline here - but Larry Niven seems to like doing that to us! The narration is definitely better than Ringworld's Children, but I do take some issue with the pronunciation of the main character's name: "Louis Wu". The Narrator here pronounces it like "Lewis" (Loo-Is) rather than "Louie" as in the previous books. I believe "Louie" is the correct pronunciation and was used in ALL the previous narrations. I wish narrators would at least give a cursory listen to previous works in a series.

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