Serpent's Gift(1992)

A.C. CrispinT. Jackson King

THE FUTURE JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT HARDERSerge LaRoche was a gifted musician, until a freak accident took away his hands. Now he’s focusing on his career as an instructor at StarBridge Academy. His newest student, brilliant but undisciplined Heather Farley, is looking forward to StarBridge being her first chance at the security and stability that she has lacked her entire life. But now an archaeological find beneath the cold surface of the school’s asteroid base threatens their hopes for the future…and possibly the future for StarBridge itself.''PRAISE FOR THE STARBRIDGE SERIES“These novels challenge our understanding among intelligent races…Readers will care about these characters.” — Library Journal“...the series is batting a thousand!” — Dragon“This is the type of rousing adventure story which Heinlein made so popular a generation ago…Excellent!” — Andre NortonBOOKS IN THE STARBRIDGE SERIESBook 1: StarBridge - Earth discovers they are not the only sentient beings in the universe and their first contact turns deadly in an unfortunate turn of events.Book 2: Silent Dances - Deaf since birth, Tesa is the perfect ambassador to the alien Grus whose sonic cries can kill. Has earth made its own discovery of a new sentient species?Book 3: Shadow World - A young man learns how to cope with death from a golden-eyed race of beings with tragically short lives.Book 4: Serpent’s Gift - A young girl creates a mind-link with the StarBridge computer, and a series of deadly accidents threatens all life on the asteroid.Book 5: Silent Songs - Amphibious beings from a distant world land on the planet Trinity, threatening the native creatures and the StarBridge ambassadors.Book 6: Ancestor’s World - When a member of an archeological team on the planet Na-Dina is brutally murdered, Mahree Burroughs arrives to find the killer, no matter the cost.Book 7: Voices of Chaos - The feline beings known as Arrekhi have requested admission into the Cooperative League of Systems, but they are harboring a secret that could have deadly consequences.