num_pages: 358
description: When the Krakau came to Earth they planned to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient species. This would have worked out better for all involved if they hadnt arrived after a mutated plague wiped out half the planet turned the rest into shambling near-unstoppable animals and basically destroyed human civilization. You knowyour standard apocalypse. The Krakaus first impulse was to turn their ships around and go home. After all its hard to establish diplomatic relations with mindless savages who eat your diplomats. Their second impulse was to try to fix us. A century later human beings might not be what they once were but at least theyre no longer trying to eat everyone. Mostly.Marion Mops Adamopoulos is surprisingly bright (for a human). As a Lieutenant on the Earth Mercenary Corps Ship Pufferfish shes in charge of the Shipboard Hygiene and Sanitation team. When a bioweapon attack by an alien race wipes out the Krakau command crew and reverts the rest of the humans to their feral state only Mops and her team are left with their minds intact.Escaping the attacking aliensnot to mention her shambling crewmatesis only the beginning. Sure Mops and her assortment of space janitors and plumbers can clean the ship but flying the damn thing is another matter. As they struggle to keep the Pufferfish functioning and find a cure for their crew they stumble onto a conspiracy that could threaten the entire alliance.A conspiracy born from the truth of what happened on Earth all those years ago
language: English
title: Terminal Alliance
publisher: Daw Books