{"product_id":"reunion-a-pip-and-flinx-novel-paperback","title":"Reunion: A Pip and Flinx novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Dean Foster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to his acclaimed Humanx universe, where a young human orphan called Flinx seeks to unlock the dangerous secrets of his past-and the uncertain prospects of his future with the aid of the formidable minidrag known as Pip. This mind-bending Pip and Flinx adventure is a roller-coaster ride into the unknown, filled with wonder and humor, and a host of deadly adversaries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Using his enhanced empathic abilities, Flinx finesses his way into a top-secret security installation on Earth. Once there, he bamboozles a sophisticated AI program into releasing classified information about the Meliorare Society, the sect of renegade eugenicists whose experiments with human beings had horrified the civilized universe more than twenty years ago. After all, as one of the few Meliorare experiments to survive, Flinx has a right to know about his past. Especially since his telepathic powers seem to be evolving. The question is, evolving into what? The excruciating headaches afflicting Flinx with increasing frequency make him wonder if he will be alive to find out. . . .\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt last, New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to his acclaimed Humanx universe, where a young human orphan called Flinx seeks to unlock the dangerous secrets of his past-and the uncertain prospects of his future with the aid of the formidable minidrag known as Pip. This is the most mind-bending Pip and Flinx adventure yet-a roller-coaster ride into the unknown, filled with wonder and humor, and a host of deadly adversaries. \u003cbr\u003eUsing his enhanced empathic abilities, Flinx finesses his way into a top-secret security installation on Earth. Once there, he bamboozles a sophisticated AI program into releasing classified information about the Meliorare Society, the sect of renegade eugenicists whose experiments with human beings had horrified the civilized universe more than twenty years ago. After all, as one of the few Meliorare experiments to survive, Flinx has a right to know about his past. Especially since his telepathic powers seem to be evolving. The question is, evolving into what? The excruciating headaches afflicting Flinx with increasing frequency make him wonder if he will be alive to find out. . . . \u003cbr\u003eFIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Dean Foster\u003c\/b\u003e has written in a variety of genres, including hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e(R) novel \u003ci\u003eThe Approaching Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of numerous nonfiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving, as well as the novelizations of several films, including \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, the first three \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e films, and \u003ci\u003eAlien Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. His novel \u003ci\u003eCyber Way\u003c\/i\u003e won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first science fiction work to ever do so. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFoster's love of the faraway and exotic has led him to travel extensively. He's lived in Tahiti and French Polynesia, traveled to Europe, Asia, and throughout the Pacific, and has explored the back roads of Tanzania and Kenya. He has rappeled into New Mexico's fabled Lechugilla Cave, eaten panfried pirhana (lots of bones, tastes a lot like trout) in Peru, white-water rafted the length of the Zambezi's Batoka Gorge, and driven solo the length and breadth of Namibia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFoster and his wife, JoAnn Oxley, reside in Prescott, Arizona, in a house built of brick that was salvaged from a turn-of-the-century miners' brothel. He is presently at work on several new novels and media projects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVisit the author at his Web site at www.alandeanfoster.com.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 6.5 x 4.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752523727136,"sku":"9780345418685","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2b0031e192636c7d136aeae4474e6d04.webp?v=1779998065","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/reunion-a-pip-and-flinx-novel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}