Title: Crucible
Description: A sequel to Crossfire finds the distant-future human settlers of a new world, having allied themselves with the plant-like Vines race, facing a war against the technologically superior Furs and spreading a Vines-created virus designed to stop aggressive behavior.
Subjects: Twenty-third century, Fiction, Space warfare, Viruses, Life on other planets, Aliens (non-humanoid), Space colonies, Space flight, Humans aliens (Humanoid), Fiction, science fiction, general