Guess You Need Some Bringing Down
The Gripping Hand (Moties, volume 2)
By Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

28 Oct, 2021
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1993’s The Gripping Hand is the utterly unnecessary sequel to Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle’s 1974 The Mote in God’s Eye. I still consider Mote a classic. As this is not.
A quarter century after the events of Mote, Horace Hussain Bury is an unpaid servant of the Empire of Man. He fears that humanity will be overwhelmed by the highly intelligent, quick-breeding Moties and has engaged in an unending quest to save his species.
Untoward events on Maxroy’s Purchase suggest Bury’s vigilance has been for naught.