Pretender (Foreigner 8)

C. J. Cherryh

ISBN 10: 075640374X / ISBN 13: 9780756403744

Published by DAW Hardcover, 2006

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.22. Seller Inventory # G075640374XI3N10

Synopsis:

Exhausted from a two-year rescue mission to a distant sector of space, and with resources strained by four thousand extra mouths to feed, the crew of the starship Phoenix yearns for the luxuries of home. But when the ship makes the final jump into atevi space, they learn the worst: supplies to their home station have been cut off; civil war has broken out on the atevi mainland; the powerful Western Association has been overthrown; and Tabini-aiji is missing and may be dead.
In a desperate move, Bren Cameron - brilliant human paidhi to the atevi court, and powerful ally of Tabini-aiji, the missing atevi ruler - and Tabini's grandmother llisidi, the aiji-dowager, along with Cajeiri, Tabini's eight-year-old son and heir, succeed in making planetfall.
With the help of Bren's brother, they make a dangerous ocean crossing from the human-inhabited island of Mosphiera to the war-torn atevi mainland.
Can one elderly ateva and an eight-year-old boy - himself a prime target for assassination - protect Bren in a civil war that most atevi believe he caused?

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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Pretender (Foreigner 8)
Publisher: DAW Hardcover
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket