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It is many years later and Louis Wu is still on the Ringworld when he discovers that visiting alien ships are being shot out of the sky by some unknown power, the local hominid races are being destroyed by vampires, and the repercussions of all the good things Louis did before now seem to be coming back to him, and not in a good way!
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Plot & Themes

FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?    -   part earth & part fantasy world Spying & Investigations    -   Yes What is main char. doing?    -   rescue mission/escape from confinement Tech./$$$/Info hunt    -   Yes Stealing/recovering/destroying    -   power source    -   info about lifeform(s)/society/phenomena War or Invasion    -   Yes Is this an adult or child's book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   wealthy Age:    -   long lived adults

Setting

Terrain    -   Jungle    -   Desert    -   Water    -   Mountains    -   Forests    -   Space, need spacesuit    -   Domed/Underground City Spaceship setting:    -   alien spaceship A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:    -   humans in a futuristic society    -   humans in a primitive/fantasy society    -   inhabited by friendly aliens    -   unfriendly aliens    -   neutral aliens    -   empty, or nearly empty world    -   big overbuilt futuristic city Planet outside solar system?    -   Yes Takes place in spaceship?    -   Yes

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   explicit references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only)    -   a significant amount of technical jargon Sex in book?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   vague references only    -   impregnation/reproduction    -   weird alien sex    -   actual description of sex How much dialogue?    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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