A Darkling Sea

A research ship on the ocean floor of an ice covered moon, much like Io, is studying an intelligent species from afar. Similar to Star Trek's Prime Directive, the researchers are not allowed to have contact with the species. When one man breaks the directive and gets killed by them, it erupts into an interplanetary incident causing a standoff between the research team and the Sholen, a race of aliens who figure themselves the enforcers of the directive. Pretty much a standard space opera, but I have to admit, it was a very readable and entertaining novel.

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