FATE OF WORLDS: RETURN FROM THE RINGWORLD

Book ID/图书代码： 13005513B60676

English Summary/英文概要： 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. But without warning the Ringworld has vanished, leaving behind three rival war fleets. "Something" must 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 the Puppeteers 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 ... Ol’t’ro, the Gw’oth ensemble mind--and the Fleet of World’s unsuspected puppet master for a century--is deviously brilliant. And, increasingly unbalanced ... Proteus, the artificial intelligence on which--in desperation--the Puppeteers rely to manage their defenses, is outgrowing its programming. And the supposed constraints on its initiative ... Sigmund Ausfaller, paranoid and disgraced hero of the lost human colony of New Terra, knows that "something" threatens his adopted home world. And that it must be stopped ... Achilles, the megalomaniac Puppeteer, twice banished--and twice rehabilitated--sees the Fleet of World’s existential crisis as a new opportunity to reclaim supreme power. Whatever the risks ... One way or another, the fabled race of Puppeteers may have come to the end of their days in this final installment to Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner’s "Fleet of Worlds "series.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 几十年来，已知空间的航天种类一直在银河系为最大工件这一光辉荣誉较量：有着环形世界里所有但无限的资源和技术。但是，没有任何警告，环形世界消失了，只留下了三个对抗的战争舰队。“有些东西”必须被证明是花了鲜血和财富的。如果环形世界堕落文明的秘密再也夺不走了，木偶将被迫屈服他们。大家都知道，木偶是懦夫。但是，危机将会聚集，世界舰队的亿万木偶数量远远超过勇猛的无敌舰队。冒险家路易•吴和流亡的木偶人仅仅被Hindmost所知，他们在一起流亡超过十年，最后在环形世界消失前逃走了。在那些年，他一直在研究环形世界的技术，而Hindmost已经密谋收回他的权利了……一些总体思想——一个世纪以来，世界舰队里不为所知的木偶大师——它是曲折而辉煌的。而且，越来越不平衡……变形杆菌，在绝望中木偶人只能依赖人工智能管理他们的防御系统，超过了他们的计划。应该主动约束其行动……Sigmund Ausfaller失去了人民的新殖民地，成为了被贬黜的，偏执的英雄，他知道有些东西正在威胁他成长的家园。这种趋势必须停止……阿里基斯是一个妄自尊大的木偶，曾两次被放逐，两次又恢复，预见了世界舰队存在的危机是一个新的机会来得到至高无上的权利……或者另一种方式，传说中的木偶种族可能会迎来在拉里•尼文和爱德华•勒纳的“世界舰队”系列的最后时刻。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况："广阔的银河系范围内，漂亮的超科学，狡猾的外星人，企业腐败和包庇，多层次的神秘间谍……这本书是纯科学娱乐里的第一流。"——世界魔法师的科学网站

“特殊的新鲜感和悬念……人类和操纵木偶的政治带来了令人惊奇的启示。”——图书榜单

“一本关于空间的新书，尤其是关于木偶的新信息，以及他们的行动在人类历史上出现，应该把它推荐在科幻列，因为有很多地方它和《哈利波特》一样优秀。但是尼文和勒纳已经制造了一本可以自己立住脚的小说并且有一部分在已知空间有特权。”——Locus

About the Author/作者介绍： 拉里•尼文因为《环形世界》和其他多部科幻著作多次获得雨果和星云奖。他和杰瑞•波内尔、史蒂文•巴恩斯合著的《贝奥武夫的孩子》是纽约时报的畅销书。他现住在加州的查兹沃斯庄园。

爱德华•勒纳获得了物理和计算机的学位，这个背景让他直到全职投入写科幻小说都没有障碍。他最近的小说包括《愚人的实验》、《小小奇迹》和《星际网》系列。《世界的命运》是他最近和拉里•尼文的合作。他现在和妻子露丝住在弗吉尼亚州。

LARRY NIVEN is the multiple Hugo and Nebula award -- winning author of the Ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. His Beowulf’s Children, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.

EDWARD M. LERNER has degrees in physics and computer science, a background that kept him mostly out of trouble until he began writing SF full-time. His recent novels include Fools’ Experiments, Small Miracles, and the InterstellarNet series. Fate of Worlds is the most recent of his many collaborations with Larry Niven. Lerner lives in Virginia with his wife, Ruth.

Format:HARDCOVER

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：

原文第一章内容：暂无

手稿：暂无

大纲：暂无