Nature’s deadly strength unleashed.
Sometimes the most terrible enemy is time . . .
The peaceful, self-sufficient people of Tambora of Pele seem an unlikely target for Admiral Varn Tarl Sogan's hatred and anger. A turquoise-hued paradise world on the fringes of the universe, Tambora is light years away from other systems ravaged by the great intergalactic War.
But beneath Tambora's beauty lurks a terrible peril. A radical sect secretly arms itself, designing a deadly strategy for civil war. Far below the planet's oceans, an even mightier force rumbles and threatens to smother all life forms in a fiery shower of ash and molten rock. Only the Star Commandos can rescue Tambora from certain disaster—but are they too late?
"Excellent SF Adventure!"—Andre Norton
Pauline Griffin (1947 - 2020) was born with an Irish love of storytelling. By combining that with her passion for research, she broke onto the science fiction scene in 1986 with the first of the Star Commandos series and later co-wrote three novels with Andre Norton. All told, she published thirty science fiction and fantasy novels, twelve short stories and a host of nonfiction pieces, winning two Muse Medallion awards along the way. She lived in Brooklyn, New York with her cats and her tropical fish, but her heart was always in the stars.