The New Springtime

by Robert Silverberg

 
 
Year
1991
Publisher
Warner
Country
USA
Pages
472
Media
Mass market paperback
ISBN
0-446-36172-0
Cover art
Michael Whelan

Blurb

The People came forth from eons of ice to rebuild the world at Winter's End. But the horrifying insect hjjks — led by an immortal telepathic Queen — also wish to rule the New Springtime, and they are learned, united, and powerful, while the People are ignorant, tribal, and split into warring factions. Now the hjjks offer the People a "treaty," a vision of security that is seductive, beautiful...yet absolutely inhuman.

If the tribes refuse, the earth will run with genocidal blood. The People will be exterminated, or they will destroy a race infinitely old and wise. If the hjjks are accepted, the People will have survived the Winter — only to lose their newfound humanity...

Forever.

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