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In *Flinx Transcendent*, Alan Dean Foster concludes the long‑running Flinx saga. The eponymous protagonist, a rare human with extraordinary empathic powers, must confront an advancing colossus that threatens the Humanx Commonwealth and the entire Milky Way. His journey takes him to the hostile AAnn territories and into the heart of a sentient weapons platform drifting across the galaxy. Facing assassins and confronting long‑sought truths about his father, Flinx relies on his uncanny ability to improvise and survive impossible situations to prevent total annihilation.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Alan Dean Foster
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