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A story from my [edit - son's] youth, so the description is sort of fragmented.
Humans are almost extinct, most that remain are mutated or cross-breeds.
Earth's location is forgotten, but main characters find it.
Earth surrounded by blockade of derelict ships.
Aliens lack the ambition/survival drive of humans - a broken leg might be a fatal injury.
Galactic civilization is decaying.
This may be Earthblood by Keith Laumer and Rosel George Brown
- Humans are almost extinct, most that remain are mutated or cross-breeds.
This is the major premise of the book. The hero is an almost-unique pure strain Terran
- Earth's location is forgotten, but main characters find it.
In the latter part of the book, the hero and his comrades' search for Terra is successful.
- Earth surrounded by blockade of derelict ships.
The alien Niss fleet orbits Terra but is abandoned/filled with dead Niss.
"I see our dreadnoughts, all in station, orbiting the enemy homeworld. But no one answers our signals...."
-- the last surviving Niss
- Aliens lack the ambition/survival drive of humans - a broken leg might be a fatal injury.
Sounds familiar, but a quick check did not turn this up
- Galactic civilization is decaying.
Again, a major premise of the book.
