[Four Hundred Billion Stars 01] • Quatre Cents Milliards D'étoiles

Dorothy Yoshida is a telepath, and a really rather good one at that. She's

also a scientist, and when a small planet begins to manifest some unusual

signs she is sent to investigate. The planet is more than it seems, and on

further investigation the scientists begin to suspect it has been artificially

altered. But despite their suspicions the only life they can detect is on the

surface, none of which has advanced far above the level of animals. And

despite the hopes of mankind to find something which will help them in a

burgeoning war against other species, there seems to be nothing there to aid

them. With Dorothy's arrival, however, they are in for some surprising

discoveries.