Chess with a Dragon

From the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of  The Martian Child : “This playful, intricate game of survival . . . is one of Gerrold’s best books.” — Publishers Weekly   The human race has been played for a fool. Though welcomed into the galactic community and given access to the combined knowledge of thousands of intelligent species, humans are largely regarded as an evolutionary mistake. Reptilian, insectoid, and other unclassifiable species are the dominant forms o