The Best of All Possible Wars

HOW ABOUT A REMATCH, MONKEY BOYS?

It seemed like a good idea at the time.... When the catlike Kzin discovered the human region of the galaxy, they thought it was time to scream and leap again. Bred to be conquering warriors, they thought the salad-munching apes of Earth wouldn't even put up a good fight. Actually, they should have been polite to the monkey boys and girls from planet Earth. Humans had developed a pacifist society because they had been good—too good—at war and knew that there's more than one way to skin a cat—even a Kzin. The Warrior Race has encountered its most formidable opponent—and Larry Niven's Known Space is aflame with war.

Cover Art by Stephan Hickman

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, June 1998

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ISBN-13: 978-0-671-87879-5
ISBN-10: 0-671-87879-4

Copyright© 1998 by Larry Niven

"Introduction" copyright ©1986 by Larry Niven.
"The Warriors" copyright ©1990. Published in The Man-Kzin Wars.
"Madness Has Its Place" copyright ©1990 by Larry Niven. Published in Man-Kzin Wars III.
"The Man Who Would Be Kzin" copyright ©1991 by Greg Bear and S.M. Stirling. Published in Man-Kzin Wars IV.
"In the Hall of the Mountain King" copyright ©1992 by Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling. Published in Man-Kzin Wars V.

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