Kirkus Reviews
"...dazzling, beautifully worked-out scientific extrapolations...an adventure that's sure to please fans of 'hard' sf."

Book Description
Starquake, the sequel to Dragon’s Egg, takes place on the surface of a neutron star. The gravity is 67 billion Earth gravities. The native “cheela”, the size of sesame seeds, live a million times faster than their human friends in orbit. After a starquake, the humans have only one day to save the remains of cheela civilization from extinction.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Starquake, the sequel to Dragon's Egg, takes place on the surface of a neutron star. The gravity is 67 billion Earth gravities. The native "cheela," the size of sesame seeds, live a million times faster than their human friends in orbit. After a starquake, the humans have only one day to save the remains of cheela civilization from extinction.

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