ZaraCorp holds the right to extract unlimited resources from the verdant planet Zarathustra – as long as the planet is certifiably free of native sentients.
So when an outback prospector discovers a species of small, appealing bipeds who might well turn out to be intelligent, language-using beings, it’s a race to stop the corporation from “eliminating the problem,” which is to say, eliminating the Fuzzies – wide-eyed, ridiculously cute small furry creatures – who are as much people as we are.
Fuzzy Nation, F SCA, 291 pages.