Review: Classic SF Ethical Study
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2013
Dilemma: when making fresh contact with a world visited long-ago by humanity and there are three different races, whose side do you choose?Norton sets the stage by following separate teams of explorers. Of one, the human half has mental powers that his ancestral settlers never had. And the native half-  visualize a merman.The third race conducts raids from their lair across an ocean. They have much ancient technology, but abuse the others. But this is where a modern starship lands and begins negotiations.Raf, a low ranking member of the starship crew, has ethical reservations which separate him from his fellows. You will want to follow them as events accelerate to climax.