Drowning World 5196524 224887784 2008-07-10T21:17:12Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{infobox Book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Drowning World | image = [[Image:Drowning World cover.jpg|200px|Cover of the book [[Drowning World]] by [[Alan Dean Foster]].]] <!--prefer 1st edition--> | image_caption = | author = [[Alan Dean Foster]] | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | translator = | cover_artist = | genre = [[Science fiction novel]] | publisher = [[Del Rey Books]] | release_date = 2003 | media_type = Print ([[Paperback]]) | pages = 336 pp | isbn = ISBN 0-345-45036-1 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Drowning World''''' ([[2003 in literature|2003]]) is a [[science fiction]] [[novel]] written by [[Alan Dean Foster]]. ==Plot summary== On the distant [[planet]] Fluva, torrential rains that leave it barely habitable also make it a treasure trove of rare botanical specimens. When the [[human]] [[Prospecting|prospector]] Shadrach Hasselemoga crashes in a remote area, the only crew available to search for him is the [[warrior]] Jemunu-jah, one of the native Sakuntala, and the [[immigrant]] Deyzara trader, Masurathoo. This culturally different and physically repulsive to each other couple promptly crash also. While the rescuers and the rescued are all slogging it out of the ultimate rain forest, the reptilian [[AAnn]] empire is fomenting bloody trouble between the Sakuntula and the Deyzara. This leaves Commonwealth administrator Lauren Matthias in the hot seat, with refugees swarming in to her limited facilities and the bodies of the innocent piling up, with few resources to help. But it's the survivors of the rain forest who bring new knowledge that helps save Fluva, along with quick work by Matthias. ==External links== *{{isfdb title|id= 23595|title=Drowning World}} *[http://www.alandeanfoster.com/ Alan Dean Foster homepage] {{Alan Dean Foster novels}} [[Category:Science fiction novels]] [[Category:2003 novels]] [[Category:Humanx Commonwealth]] [[Category:Novels by Alan Dean Foster]] {{2000s-sf-novel-stub}}