This is the second book in the trilogy and is an excellent read. David Brin has a knack for creating believable and interesting characters and worlds and in this series he has done a great job.

This book continues the story from Brightness Reef, and the familiar characters of Alvin, Huck, Pincer-Tip, Ur-ronn and others are now joined by the dolphins from the previous Uplift series. The tension builds as various schemes come together to try and outwit the Jophur who are threatening destruction for everyone and everything on Jijo.

I think it's a great book, easy to read and a good story. It's not a stand-alone book, obviously, and should really only be read after reading Brightness Reef and possibly the first Uplift trilogy as well.

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As is usual for Brin's books, this book features well thought out science fiction concepts, and the engaging human/chimp/dolphin civilization of the Uplift universe. How the small fish get along in a very big galactic pond makes for an interesting story. The twist in this series is the mystery over the very nature of human intelligence - native or uplifted, and just who was the human patron, if they were uplifted? ( )

Another good read. This second volume in David Brin's second Uplift trilogy is an epic tale that cleverly combines lots of unique characters and their individual stories and does well at giving a flavour of the various alien perspectives. The planet Jijo, which has been settled by six separate races despite a decree that it remain barren for a million years, is about to change. The exploration ship Streaker, on the run since discovering the secrets of a two-billion-year-old derelict fleet, has arrived with virtually the entire universe in pursuit. Overnight the peaceful, technologically backwards Jijoan society erupts into civil war, creating a chaotic tapestry of grief, sorrow, joy, love and, ultimately, hope.