Some really fascinating ideas here, but some problems: the natives are pretty much stereotypes, and the whole "ocean planet with interesting aborigines" thing is done much better in Blue Planet. Still, well presented and worth checking out.
This is a really detailed and well written book. Unfortunately I found it to be of rather limited use. There's not much land other than a few mountain peaks and a starport. Also, the adventure threads generally revolve around diplomacy. So if you're into combat, you're probably not going to find it here.
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