Starbound - Marsbound, Bk 2 Author:Joe Haldeman After spending six years traveling to a distant solar system that is home to the enigmatic, powerful race known as "The Others," in the hopes of finding enough common purpose between their species to forge a delicate truce, — Carmen Dula and her husband return to Earth to find a massive flotilla of warships defending Earth against The O... more »thers. But The Others have more power than anyone could imagine -- and they will brook no insolence from the upstart human race.« less