00885cam a2200229 4500 503769592 TxAuBib 20130326120000.0 121123s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780345534057 0345534050 TxAuBib Lord, Karen, 1968- The best of all possible worlds : a novel / Karen Lord. New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 2013. 307 p. When their homeland is destroyed, the survivors of a proud and aloof alien society struggle to reach out to the rest of the galaxy for aid and understanding while striving to preserve their cherished way of life. 20130326. Alien invasions Fiction. Science fiction. Epic fiction.