Starquake
by Robert L. Forward
Starquake, the sequel to Dragons Egg, takes place on the surface of a neutron star. The gravity is 67 billion Earth gravities. The native cheela, the size of sesame seeds, live a million times faster than their human friends in orbit. After a starquake, the humans have only one day to save the remains of cheela civilization from extinction.Review"...dazzling, beautifully worked-out scientific extrapolations...an adventure that's sure to please fans of 'hard' sf." -- Kirkus ReviewsAbout the AuthorDr. Robert L. Forward (www.whidbey.com/forward) is a space scientist and businessman, lecturer, futurist and science fact and hard science fiction writer with eleven published books and over one hundred shorter pieces.