shan-kossief

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After the shan-kossief, the guttorbyn seemed almost comical, with their long, narrow mouths and outraged cries.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
Remember that the shan-kossief generates much heat itself.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
The confrontation with the shan-kossief had taken care of that.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
Surely if the shan-kossief was still around it wouldn't let that happen.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
As he scanned the surface he saw that the ice sheet was broken and cracked where it had been thawed by the shan-kossief and then had refrozen in the creature's absence.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
It dawned on him that he was dangling in the middle of the cavity the shan-kossief had occupied.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
If the shan-kossief was big enough, it could conceivably drag the entire vessel beneath the surface where it would proceed to pick them off as efficiently as an anteater would glean a termite nest.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
Most of the food the shan-kossief would gratefully consume and hope for more.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
"But the shan-kossief was more sensitive than that.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
" "You do not know the shan-kossief," Seesfar snapped.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987