The Horde

by Joseph Green

Marooned on a strange world, forcibly separated from the woman he loves, and attacked by hostile aliens, Leo's plight seems hopeless. But desperate situations call for desperate measures. When Leo befriends one of his alien pursuers an unlikely alliance grows between the tough passionate Earthman and the coldly logical, sexless Shemsi. Only with this alien's assistance , Leo realises, can he be reunited with Misty and discover the strange secrets of Birth Mountain and of the powerful queens who rule there.

Genres: Science Fiction

191 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1976

Reviews

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually quite enjoyed this story of an alien and a human becoming friends while their civilizations fought and misunderstood each other. The ending wasn't great, but I liked the journey they went on together, and getting to hear the interesting perspective of how humans look to an alien with completely different biology (like a hive mind, sort of).

Some of the principles felt a little forced, like they author just wanted to spitball some ideas for a life form, but it was still a fun one.

3.7

[Moni]

Want to check this out because I heard this was a book that got more difficult to read (in terms of getting more annoying).