Bestselling science fiction superstars Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle combine their talents with those of Steven Barnes within an extraordinary adventure of humankind’s 1st outpost in the farthest gets to of space.

Light years from Earth, colonists land on a globe they name Avalon. It seems like a paradise-until native creatures savagely strike. It will take just of intelligence, courage, and military-style discipline to survive.