Brin, David. <br/><br/>
Brightness reef / 
David Brin. 
 - New York :  Bantam Books,  1995. 
 - 514 p. :  ill., map ;  25 cm. 
 - Book one of a New uplift trilogy. A Bantam spectra book. .
 - Brin, David.  New uplift trilogy ;  bk. 1. .
<br/><br/> On the planet Jijo, humans and aliens organize to defend themselves from space pirates in search of genes. The inhabitants are illegal immigrants, making them easy picking for the pirates who know galactic authorities will look the other way. By the author of The Uplift War. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0553100343 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Life on other planets--Fiction.