In this new Pip & Flinx thriller, Alan Dean Foster displays the
brilliance that has made him one of the brightest lights in science
fiction. In Patrimony, fans will learn more about their favorite
redhead--with emerald eyes, uncanny powers, and a poisonous
minidrag--than they ever dreamed possible.
"I know who your father is ... Gestalt."
A shocked Flinx hears these dying words from one of the renegade
eugenicists whose experiments with humans 20-odd years ago shocked the
galaxy...and spawned Flinx. So Flinx and his minidrag, Pip, venture to
Gestalt, an out-of-the-way planet perfect for someone who never wants to
be found--disregarding the advice of those who think Flinx could make
better use of his time locating the ancient, sentient weapons platform
that could be the galaxy's only chance of stopping the exterminating
scourge that's fast approaching. Flinx might agree with them--but the
quest for patrimony wins out. (Sorry, galaxy!)
Could Gestalt supply the key to Flinx's shadowy past and strange powers?
An eccentric longer in a remote area of the distant planet could be he
father Flinx has never stopped searching for, perhaps the only person
who can unravel the mystery of Flinx's birth and his amazing, agonizing
powers.
Unfortunately for Flinx, Gestalt also hosts a resident bounty hunter
who's just learned about the stupendous reward offered for a certain
dead redhead. Flinx gets a chance to test his adversary's skills when
our hero's skimmer is blasted out of the sky and into a raging river in
the middle of nowhere--a nowhere of impassable terrain and ravenous,
carnivorous beasts.
But hey, what's one more impossible challenge for someone who's spent
his life defying the odds and escaping the inescapable? Flinx has one
thing going for him...plenty of experience.
BONUS AUDIO: Includes an exclusive introduction written and read by
author Alan Dean Foster.
