Invader (Foreigner 2) - Hardcover

Cherryh, C. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0886776384 ISBN 13: 9780886776381

Publisher: DAW Hardcover, 1995

Synopsis

Nearly two centuries after a human colony is abandoned on an alien planet, the two races have reached a tenacious peace agreement, but when the human ship returns unexpectedly, both governments are thrown into chaos.

About this title

About the Author:

C. J. Cherryh planned to write since the age of ten. When she was older, she learned to use a type writer while triple-majoring in Classics, Latin and Greek. At 33, she signed over her first three books to DAW and has worked with DAW ever since. She can be found at cherryh.com.

From Publishers Weekly:

An interesting first-contact political thriller is buried in this sequel to Foreigner, but readers will have to work hard to pry it from the dull surroundings. Bren Cameron continues as paidhi, the interface between the human community and the indigenous atevi population on a planet that the humans colonized years before. Cameron's musings about politics and language take up much of the novel; these generally are not deep thoughts ("Hell, maybe human caring was a survival disadvantage. Who knew? It sure screwed up lives"). The return to the planet of the human spaceship Phoenix brings the promise of many changes in both atevi and human ways of life. Cherryh takes the reader plodding through the resultant conflicts, many of which are political and most of which would be more interesting if they weren't rehashed so often. This novel?which reads like the prelude to yet another sequel?is simply too static.
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About this edition

• Publisher: DAW Hardcover
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0886776384
• ISBN 13: 9780886776381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384