OK story, but there are enough things wrong in book that will make me hesitate to read the next one. First off is how the author portrays the world of humans. Dang, what a bunch of stupid, unimaginative lumps. They have a beautiful laboratory on Mars and the best they can do is: "It's time to kill the Lankies. It's time to kill the Lankies." Gah! They know practically nothing about them except that it is hard to kill them and they apparently can't imagine learning more. Humans use flash-bangs to surprise and disorient other humans. How about the equivalent for the Lankies? Send down a bunch of probes that beep, boop, sparkle or belch in different EM spectrums to find which ones the Lankies sense best. Then figure out if you can blind them temporarily or permanently. Tag 'em like wild animals and track them. Send remote cameras down their holes and record what they do down there. What the heck do they eat? Dissect the ones killed and see if you can create a poison that will take them out without using nukes. Better yet, create a disease that will wipe them out. What acids, bases, solvents or enzymes work on the molecules that make up Lankies? Are they dextrorotary or levorotary or something humans haven't see before.
Next up is the economics. The other countries finally start chipping in money and suddenly real food is available again? Money doesn't make cows give milk and veggies don't grow by waving bills at them. If the other countries started sending food supplies, I could understand, but saying that they started sending money doesn't make a lick of sense.
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