<DIV><P><I>Fate of Worlds </I>is Larry Niven and Edward Lerner’s explosive finale to the Ringworld <I>and </I>the Fleet of Worlds series.</P><P>For decades, the spacefaring species of Known Space have battled over the largest artifact—and grandest prize—in the galaxy: the all-but-limitless resources and technology of the Ringworld. Without warning the Ringworld has vanished, leaving behind three rival war fleets. <BR><BR>If the fallen civilization of the Ringworld can no longer be despoiled of its secrets, the Puppeteers will be forced to surrender theirs. Everyone knows that the Puppeteers are cowards.<BR><BR>But the crises converging upon the trillion Puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds go far beyond even the onrushing armadas. <BR><BR>Adventurer Louis Wu and the exiled Puppeteer known only as Hindmost, marooned together for more than a decade, escaped from the Ringworld before it disappeared. And throughout those years, as he studied Ringworld technology, Hindmost has plotted to reclaim his power…. <BR><BR>One way or another, the fabled race of Puppeteers may have come to the end of their days.</P><P> </DIV>