Destroyer Of Worlds (novel)
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''Destroyer of Worlds'' is a
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novel by American writer
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and Edward M. Lerner, set in the
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series. It is a sequel to their previous novels, ''
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'' and '' Juggler of Worlds''. It is set ten years after ''Juggler of Worlds'', drawing heavily from '' Protector'', but, like the rest of the series, can stand alone. The plot involves New Terra and the
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s (and the Gw'oth) entering into conflict with a Pak Protector fleet (though not the fleets featured in ''Protector''). It also resolves why Alice Jordan's knowledge about the Pak never entered later novels, and restates the known timeline of the Home conversion to a planet of Protectors.


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