The Ireta adventure : Dinosaur planet, and Dinosaur planet survivors

Kai and Varian awoke from their forty years of coldsleep only to discover that mutineers had taken over Ireta. But they were determined to save their planet and its unusual dinosaurs. All they had to do was solve the planet's myriad mysteries and gain the trust of the most dangerous beings in their Universe....From the Paperback edition. To escape extermination at the hands of their former colleagues, the Heavy Scouting Team, Kai, Varian, and their companions sought refuge in the suspended animation of cryogenic sleep. Now time has passed - it's hard to say how much, but at least two generations - and the survivors emerge from hibernation. Ireta, the planet of the dinosaurs, has changed a lot. The Heavy Team has regressed to primitive barbarism. Much-needed life support equipment is out of order or missing. All Ireta is altered. But help is near...a rescue ship is on the way. However, although hopes are reborn, new problems continue to arise. What are the motives of the mysterious Theks? Why do the intelligent Giffs - pterodactyls locked in an evolutionary dead end - act so strangely? And above all, what could be the cause of the Heavy Team's blind hostility? For survivors, it's about more than just survival... Kai and Varian spent forty years in coldsleep, hiding from the mutineers who had taken over the planet Ireta.But when they woke, the mutineers were still around—and had sired two generations of ornery descendants! Worse yet, space pirates were on their way to join the illegal colony. Then a huge group of alien Theks, intent on some cryptic purpose of their own, appeared unexpectedly.Kai and Varian were determined to save the planet and its unusual dinosaurs. All they had to do was solve the myriad mysteries of Ireta and gain the trust of teh most dangerous beings in their Universe. Not an easy task, at best! To escape extermination by their colleagues, Kai, Varian and their companions sought refuge in the suspended animation of cryogenic sleep. Now time has elapsed and the survivors emerge from their hibernation. But Ireta, the Dinosaur Planet, has altered beyond recognition A crew is sent to Ireta to catalog fauna and flora, and search for new energy sources, but the results of their investigations are unexpected. Suddenly members of the crew begin to change and nobody knows what causes the change. KAI managed to part his eyelids to a narrow slit and saw the rock.