Eventually, Douglas' conception of the Arbiter, a civilized society's substitute for warfare, raises his yarn above the level of everyday space opera and makes it an intelligent, fast-moving undertaking. Cover by John Monteleone. Achibol and Benadek travel across country on a series of pretty standard adventures as they try to get humanity back on track, but the theme of what it means to be human is expanded with some unusual explorations of the biochemical nature of memory. The world is going to hell. The ecosystem is shot.
Humanity is doomed to extinction.
Especially when that one man is being hunted by a force that seeks to thwart his every effort. Perhaps he'll need a little pure-human help.