 Who were the horde members?
They were something more—and something less—they were, in short, humanity's hopes for survival! Earth had ordered him to detour here, after leaving his load of deep-sleep stored colonists on Official World 71, to check on any sign of Hennessy. The creatures dived downward into lower ground, beginning to disappear into the mists. They'd have to get to the group with the cadets in a hurry or the horde would all vanish in the uneven ground, hidden by the fog. Gwayne jolted forward against the windshield, just as he made out the form of the eight-foot leader. "Troglodytes, maybe," Gwayne guessed.
 Hennessy’s crew and the children of the exploring party
 Angry aliens  Aliens pretending to be Hennessy’s crew and the children of the exploring party  Lonely aliens  Hennessy’s crew and the children of the exploring party