By Alan Dean Foster

Midworld: The secluded and peaceful jungle planet where its inhabitants have learned to live thoughtfully, and thrive with the flora and fauna.

Then the humans arrive, giant alien beings who come down from the sky and have little understanding of how intelligent beings would exist in a symbiotic relationship with nature.

Born, an intellectual inhabitant of Midworld, meets the humans, and agrees to lead two of them through the land—teaching them how they survive on a planet where nature has been preserved.

Soon enough, Born realizes his mistake in allowing these strangers into his home. Now, he must pay the price. Alan Dean Foster's extensive world-building will propel you through seven layers of flora and fauna until you yourself feel like you're in Midworld.

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