{"product_id":"strange-music-a-pip-and-flinx-adventure-9781101967621","title":"Strange Music: A Pip and Flinx Adventure","description":"\u003cb\u003eUnlikely duo Pip and Flinx return to right another wrong in this all-new sci-fi adventure from one of the genre's living legends.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fans of fun, fast-paced, imaginative science fiction adventure, rejoice  #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to his much-loved Commonwealth series with a new novel starring the indefatigable Flinx and his venomous minidrag, Pip. Facing danger and doing good is their business . . . provided the price is right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The unexpected return of an old friend draws Flinx and Pip to the backward planet of Largess, whose seal-like denizens' primitive technology and fractious clan politics have kept a wary Commonwealth from a profitable trade relationship. But now a rogue human employing forbidden advanced weaponry threatens to ignite a war among the Larians. And Flinx is just the man to stop it before it starts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But once on Largess, Flinx discovers that his empathic abilities--usually his greatest asset--are rendered useless by the natives' unique language, which is sung rather than spoken. Worse, the abduction of a powerful chieftain's daughter has raised tensions to the boiling point. Now Flinx must depend on his own mettle--and of course Pip, the devoted minidrag with the deadly edge--to right wrongs, mend fences, and battle a cold-blooded adversary armed with enough firepower to blow them all away . . . and destroy the chance for peace in Largess forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvance praise for \u003ci\u003eStrange Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Adventure-loving readers new to the series, as well as old fans, will enjoy  Alan Dean] Foster's return to Commonwealth space.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Dean Foster\u003c\/b\u003e has written in a variety of genres, including hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He is the author of several \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers and the popular Pip \u0026amp; Flinx novels, as well as novelizations of numerous films, including \u003ci\u003eTransformers, Star Wars, \u003c\/i\u003ethe first three \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e films, and the most recent one, \u003ci\u003eAlien: Covenant\u003c\/i\u003e. Foster and his wife, JoAnn Oxley, live in Prescott, Arizona, in a house built of brick that was salvaged from an early-twentieth-century miners' brothel. He is currently at work on several new novels and media projects.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Worlds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50848594100498,"sku":"9781101967621","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3664a300-4a96-4dbd-9228-9af8b6800d74.jpg?v=1737378167","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strange-music-a-pip-and-flinx-adventure-9781101967621","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}