Crucible

Description:

A sequel to Crossfire finds the distant-future human settlers of a new world, having allied themselves with the plant-like Vines race, facing a war against the technologically superior Furs and spreading a Vines-created virus designed to stop aggressive behavior.

subjects: Twenty-third century,  Fiction,  Space warfare,  Viruses,  Life on other planets,  Aliens (non-humanoid),  Space colonies,  Space flight,  Humans aliens (Humanoid),  Fiction, science fiction, general