Award-winning sf veteran Haldeman proves as engaging a storyteller as ever, especially given this book's irresistible premise and page-turning action. Neither knows of the other's existence, but their slowly merging paths will meet in a stunning climax that determines their ultimate fates-and that of the artifact. The Forever War won the Nebula, Hugo and Ditmar Awards for best science fiction novel in 1975. The other, called the chameleon, has excelled in warlike roles and delights in killing. Haldeman is the author of 20 novels and five collections. One, known as the changeling, has been on Earth millions of years, assuming every identity from shark to human being, and slowly learning to love. Sutton little suspects that his destiny will soon intertwine with a pair of shape-shifting-and apparently immortal-aliens. Marine biologist Russell Sutton, whose last major feat was raising the Titanic, takes charge of the. Publisher: PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE Series info: Ace Science Fiction Pages: 304 Height. Denser than any known material, the object defies all attempts to either break through or communicate with it. Marine biologist Russell Sutton, whose last major feat was raising the Titanic, takes charge of the excavation, hoping to make a fortune by capitalizing on the artifact's probable extraterrestrial origin. Haldeman (2004) n 2019, a mysterious, egg-shaped artifact is discovered on the ocean floor off the coast of Samoa. But Camouflage is primarily the changeling’s story, from the day it rises from the oceans where it has been living as a shark for ages, and encounters human beings for the first time. Denser than any known material, the object defies all attempts to either break through or communicate with it. Where Camouflage rises above its swipes is in Joe Haldeman’s crisp and witty writing. N 2019, a mysterious, egg-shaped artifact is discovered on the ocean floor off the coast of Samoa.
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