Legacy of Heorot, The

Publication date: 
1987-07
Publication type: 
Novel
Published: 
cloth, Simon & Schuster, July 1987
Opus No.: 
159
Setting: 
Avalon
I.U.C.: 
A. 1
ISBN: 
1-85723-134-1
Summary: 

When the population of the colony world Avalon is threatened by a monster right out of hell, there is only one man who can kill the beast and save the colonists. But his plan to wipe out the grendels has unexpected and disastrous consequences.

There's nothing like a mix of science fiction, scary monsters, and population biology to make for a great story, and this one is highly recommended.

Notes: 

Collaboration, co-written with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes
maps by Alexis Wolser. See the sequel, Beowulf's Children

Reprints: 

paper, Pocket Books;
British edition: Gollancz, 1987;
Dutch edition: Uitgeverij Luitingh B.V, 1987, as Heorot