400 Billion Stars (original 1988; edition 2009)

Interesting take on the first contact scenario combined with mad military ( )

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Dorothy Yoshida is a telepath, and really a rather good one, at that. A scientist on top of that she is sent to investigate a small planet that appears to be more than what it seems. They suspect it of being artificially altered, but they only life they know about on the surface is not that far advanced from the animal.

Mankind hopes to find something to help in the war
they are fighting against aliens.

When Dorothy arrives, she finds something very surprising indeed.

http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/02/four-hundred-billion-stars-paul-j.html ( )