Nor Crystal Tears

Humanx Commonwealth Series #3

By: Alan Dean Foster

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

A first-contact novel written from an alien perspective by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Trek Into Darkness.

Ryo is one of the Thranx, a race of social arthropods. From his larval years to now, his life has been normal, though his love of learning and insatiable curiosity set him apart. He has settled into his work as an agriculture specialist and is premated to a lovely female. Yet Ryo still feels something is missing from his life, and when he heroically defends his colony from the Thranx's reptilian nemesis, Ryo gets a taste of excitement that's hard to forget.

Then his premate shares a garbled message from her starship-captain cousin-one that hints at the discovery of a completely new, completely alien space-going intelligence. Even when the captain backtracks and denounces the experience as a deep-space nightmare, Ryo can't let it go. He becomes obsessed, leaving his colony and family behind to chase rumors of a murderous alien race, horrible beyond imagining. And when he finally makes it to an isolated military outpost rumored to harbor the captured aliens, he comes face-to-face with...humanity.

©1982 Alan Dean Foster (P)2024 Tantor

Classic Sci-Fi

Great narrator, very good book. It's great to finally see more of the sci-fi I read years and years ago available on Audible. Foster has always been a prolific author, even with this series of books coming out, there are always more series and titles I'd love to see. Can't wait for 'Sentenced to Prism'.

An endearing look at the future

It’s always nice to have a look at what might be and with a great story to boot

youth

this story was one I read as a kid and was wonderful surprised to find it as an audio book.

Good story

Very fun story and Heinlein like in feeling. I would love to have had more story with this MC. There is a little bit of an info dump in the end and a rush to finish. That is my only complaint.

Wonderful

I first read this in 1982, when it came out. This is my second reading. It still “stands up”. What an excellent story! What a splendid title!