The Winner and Nominees for the 1988 Locus - SF Novel book award.
1988 Locus – SF Novel Winner
The Uplift War
David Brin
As galactic armadas clash in quest of the ancient fleet of the Progenitors, a brutal alien race seizes the dying planet of Garth. The various uplifted inhabitants must battle their overlords of face ultimate extinction. At stake is the existence of Terran …