Reign of Fire
Author: Marjorie Bradley Kellogg with William B Rossow
 
What had the gentle Sawls done to deserve Flix's viscious climate and murderous terrain? Why were they so primitive when around them lay the evidence of a majestic ancient culture?
Marooned on Flix, the Terran scientific expedition from Earth faced a mystery more profound than all its advanced technology and expertise could solve. But the mystery had to be solved: before the prospector Clausen devastated the planet in search of its pricless ore; before the raging vagaries of the weather wiped out both Terrans and Sawls once and for all.
 
VGSF 1st 1988
ISBN:9780575043428