The Candle of Distant Earth (The Taken Trilogy)
In the quietly amusing last installment of bestseller Foster's Taken trilogy (after 2005'sThe Light-years Beneath My Feet), Marcus Walker, a Chicago commodities trader kidnapped by aliens in 2004'sLost and Found, and his companion, George, a sardonic talking dog, land on the planet Hyff. There Marcus and George help the Hyfft, peaceful meter-high creatures, battle unpleasant invaders known as the Iollth before resuming their quest to return home. Fans of E.E. "Doc" Smith's golden age space-traveling hero, Kimball Kinnison, will enjoy this slyly humorous saga, in which the good guys have plenty of human weaknesses and the villains aren't too evil.(June 27)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.