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"NOBODY DOES IT MUCH BETTER THAN NIVEN AND POURNELLE.I LOVED IT!"--Ben ClancyThey first search as a number of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Because the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be always a visitor from another star.The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens get unanswered. The very first contact is aggressive: the intruders boost a Soviet space station, grab the heirs, and then destroy every installment and dam on The Planet using a hail of asteriods. Today the conquerors are descending to the American heartland, challenging servile surrender--or demise for several humans."STIRRING.