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Great book, very engaging. I love how this series fleshes out some of the repeating characters in the known space books. Can't wait to read the next one.

Yes, well after reading book 2 I had conjectured whether the series would be one that ties other Niven novels together into a whole. I was right about that. When the book starts it is with a Pak which any Niven reader will recall. This is not a bad thing at all and I rather enjoyed it.
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Maybe I'm just falling into a wonderful trap that was made by a Pak protector, but I loved being thrown into that particular worldview again. It gave me many months of delicious dreams in my college years, extrapolating and dreaming up new ways I might outsmart one. I know, hella unlikely, but still, what a rush. I am beginning to like this later collaboration better than the previous two, but maybe I'm just prejudiced in favor of the subject matter. Perhaps I'm just a huge Pak fiend. Who knows? ( )

Not my kinda book. DNF. ( )