Description: In the cold reaches of space, the berserkers seize a floating laboratory full of human germ-plasm stored for a future colonization project. There are millions of nascent human lives--why are the berserkers not destroying them?
Brief description:
Fred Thomas Saberhagen (1930-2007), a native of Chicago, served with the US Air Force then worked as an electronics technician and as a science writer and editor for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. He began writing science fiction for Galaxy in 1961. His first novel, The Golden People, was published in 1964. He is most renowned for the Berserker series of stories and novels.
Review Quotes:
"The latest installment of one of the definitive military-sf sagas is likely to prove the one series fans have been waiting for...Saberhagen develops the story with his usual skillful prose, pacing, and characterization, producing a book that won't disappoint the audience he's amassed during his more-than-thirty-year career. "
-- "Booklist"