The Ireta Adventure Author:Anne McCaffrey Hot, humid, geologically unstable, Ireta was, nonetheless, rich in radioactive minerals. And so the Exploratory and Evaluation Corps had dispatched a team to determine the extent of the planet's wealth. — The team had its hands full in the primitive wilderness -- where alien life forms interacted with creatures identical to the dinosaurs of preh... more »istoric Earth...where volcanic and tectonic activity had produced geological mysteries...and where team leaders Kai and Varian found disturbing evidence that Ireta had been previously explored, though the EEC had neglected to mention it.
Kai and Varian were grateful for the heavy-worlders on their team. Born on high-gravity planets, conditioned to harsh enviroments, heavy-worlders had superior strength and size -- invaluable on Ireta. But their physical differences set heavy-worlders apart psychologically as well -- a fact that would have dire consequences for the Ireta expedition...
Two exciting novels in one volume: "Dinosaur Planet" and "Dinosaur Planet Survivors."« less