Spinneret

A "brisk and entertaining" novel of a barren, mysterious planet that may save humanity--or destroy it--by the author of Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (Publishers Weekly).

Chasing a new frontier, humankind sends a manned starship into the universe and away from the overpopulated Earth in hopes of finding a new planet to colonize. But every Earthlike world they discover is already inhabited. As it turns out, the universe is a very crowded place. An alien council offers to lease the one remaini...