Burning Tower

Return to the "vivid and unusual" ( Kirkus Reviews ) world of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Burning City , where the fire god has retreated into myth, leaving the residents of Tep's Town unprotected for the first time in their history. Unfortunately, a fiery fate isn't the only danger the town is facing. From out of the desert come monsters -- great birds with blades instead of wings, driven by some unknown force. Although they can be killed, the threat these terror birds pose is worse t