Fuzzy Ergo Sum

FUZZY ERGO SUM by Wolfgang Diehr is the first new Fuzzy sequel in almost 30 years. This revised 2nd Edition continues H. Beam Piper's most well-known and beloved series, featuring the characters readers have come to know and love, Jack Holloway, Little Fuzzy, Victor Grego, et al., who all return in this new and exciting continuation of Piper's original novel, Little Fuzzy.Things have been quiet on Zarathustra-maybe too quiet-for the Colonial Government, Jack Holloway, the Fuzzies and the Charterless Zarathustra Company for the last couple of years. Baby Fuzzy made his first kill, the sunstone agreement with the CZC has kept the planetary government in the black and the Fuzzies and humans peacefully co-exist in a nearly symbiotic relationship. All is well until several men arrive on Zarathustra with an agenda that will spell trouble for humans and Fuzzies alike. In a very short period, the Chief Colonial Prosecutor is abducted, a dangerous criminal escapes from prison and a major stockholder with a blood vendetta digs into the company's records. "Six months travel by hyperdrive from Terra is the planet Zarathustra, a world still in the early stages of colonization. Zarathustra was thought to be devoid of intelligent life until prospector Jack Holloway discovered a race of small sapient beings, the Fuzzies. The Pendarvis Decision had declared the Fuzzies to be sapient beings and cost the Chartered Zarathustra Company its charter. Things had been quiet on Zarathustra for the Colonial Government, Jack Holloway, the Fuzzies and the Charterless Zarathustra Company for the last few years. Baby Fuzzy made his first kill, the sunstone agreement with the CZC kept the colonial government in the black and the Fuzzies and humans peacefully co-existed in a nearly symbiotic relationship. When John Morgan from the planet Freya touches down in Mallorysport, people want to know what he is up to. Morgan digs through the Charterless Zarathustra Company files doing research, but nobody knows what he is looking for and how it could affect the Company. This worries the Company CEO Victor Grego, who assigns a young woman, Akira O'Barre, to keep an eye on the mysterious Mr. Morgan. What Akira discovers could put one of several men at risk, among them Jack Holloway and Gus Brannhard. John Morgan is looking for someone, not something, and he intends to kill him when he finds him. To make matters worse, the most infamous criminal on the planet escapes from Prison House with the aid of unknown confederates. These confederates have plans that could shake the foundations of the colonial government and the Charterless Zarathustra Company. Fuzzy Ergo Sum is the first new book continuing the series of novels begun by H. Beam Piper in twenty-seven years"--Dust jacket