The children of the sky

About “The children of the sky”

Ten years have passed on Tines World, where Ravna Bergsndot and a number of human children ended up after a disaster that nearly obliterated humankind throughout the galaxy. Ravna and the pack-animal Tines have survived a war, and Ravna has saved more than one hundred children who were in cold-sleep aboard the vessel that brought them; while peace holds among the Tines, malcontents among both Tines and humans seek power and are determined to overturn the fledgling civilization, regardless of cost. A 2011 novel by Vernor Vinge, following A Fire Upon the Deep.