Farthest Star - Saga of Cuckoo, Bk 1 Author:Frederik Pohl, Jack Williamson CUCKOO WAS COMING...No one knew what it was--but everyone knew it was trouble. Designated Object Lambda when it first appeared on the fringes of the galaxy, 20,000 light-years away, it was traveling at one-sixth the speed of light. The astrophysicists said that it was vast...light....and had the potential for utter destruction. So an existing sp... more »ace probe was reoriented to intercept; it was staffed with replicates of both humans and aliens. Then the probe began to leak radiation....« less