num_pages: 284
description: Welcome to a world like no other.The Ringworld: a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band 3 million times the surface area of Earth, encircling a distant star. Home to trillions of inhabitants, not all of which are human, and host to amazing technological wonders, the Ringworld is unique in all of the universe.Explorer Louis Wu, an Earth-born human who was part of the first expedition to Ringworld, becomes enmeshed in interplanetary and interspecies intrigue as war, and a powerful new weapon, threaten to tear the Ringworld apart forever. Now, the future of Ringworld lies in the actions of its children: Tunesmith, the Ghoul protector; Acolyte, the exiled son of Speaker-to-Animals, and Wembleth, a strange Ringworld native with a mysterious past. All must play a dangerous game in order to save Ringworld's population, and the stability of Ringworld itself.Blending awe-inspiring science with non-stop action and fun, Ringworld's Children, the fourth installment of the multiple award-winning saga, is the perfect introduction for readers new to this New York Times bestselling series, and long-time fans of Larry Niven's Ringworld.
language: English
title: Ringworld's Children
titlecomplete: Ringworld's Children (Ringworld, #4)
characters: The Hindmost, Tunesmith, Louis Gridley Wu, Acolyte
genres: Audiobook, Aliens, Technology, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Space Opera
ratings_count: 8948
series: Ringworld and Before the Discovery of Ringworld, Ringworld, Known Space (Publication Order), Known Space
publisher: Tor Books