Born had risked his life to save them,went against his deepest instincts to guide them through the forest – until he realised his mistake… Cover art by Tony Roberts. But when the giants came, they knew nothing of the Upper or Lower Hell – and they cared less. He was wise in the ways of his world its lurking, unsuspected dangers and the natural balance that governed all things. Bjorn, the hunter, was of the rain-forest that covered Midworld, part of the primitive society that the peaceful jungle planet had sustained for hundreds of years. Four lay below, the Seventh and deepest being the Lower and True Hell, a perpetually dark swamp in which mindless abominations crawled, swam and ate. The two Levels above reached to a sun-bleached green roof and the Upper Hell. Mankind and the furcoats preferred the Third Level. There were seven levels to the forest world, each teeming with botanical and zoological life that existed in a precarious balance. It was peaceful, arboreal and rich – if you knew how to stay alive. He was wise in the ways of his world, and he knew well the precarious natural balance that governed all things.Then one day the aliens came. There was no question of the green planet’s ability to support life – rather, it was a question of it supporting too much life and too well. Born was a child of the rain forest that covered Midworld, part of the primitive society that the peaceful jungle planet had sustained for hundreds of years.
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