Survival at all costs!! Earth is a old planet and her teeming masses are running out of resources and time. A path to the stars seems the only answer and it is up to men such as Jeff Holman to discover a haven for Earth's millions. Holman is determined to transform Altair VI into one the human race can survive. But in terraforming the planet, Holman discovers that Altair VI holds a terrible secret, and he is faced with a soul-wrenching decision - for to make the planet habitable for humans, all native life must die. Including a race that isas intelligent as man.

Brought this home for the husband = who did not like the sociological set-up and interpreted it as a very undesirable situation. That being so, he rejected all the actions taken. That's my interpretation of his pitching of the book at me as "rotten". He has high standards where life on other planets is concerned, coming from the early space classics.

RELEASE NOTES:

Leaving it on one of the tables near the fireplace