Precursor
Reeks: Foreigner
C. J. Cherryh
- The
- fourth
- novel
- in
- Cherryh’s
- Foreigner
- space
- opera
- series,
- a
- groundbreaking
- tale
- of
- first
- contact
- and
- its
- consequences…Over
- three
- years
- have
- passed
- since
- the
- reappearance
- of
- the
- starship
- Phoenix,
- which
- two
- centuries
- before
- left
- an
- isolated
- colony
- of
- humans
- on
- the
- world
- of
- the
- volatile
- atevi.
- Since
- that
- time,
- humans
- have
- lived
- in
- exile
- on
- the
- island
- of
- Mospheira;
- but
- the
- unexpected
- return
- of
- the
- Phoenix
- has
- shattered
- the
- fragile
- political
- balance
- of
- these
- two
- nearly
- incompatible
- races.
- For
- the
- captains
- of
- the
- Phoenix
- offer
- the
- atevi
- something
- the
- Mospheiran
- humans
- never
- could—access
- to
- the
- stars.For
- three
- breakneck
- years
- the
- atevi
- labor
- to
- build
- a
- space
- shuttle
- which
- will
- bear
- their
- representatives
- to
- the
- Phoenix,
- to
- strengthen
- connections
- with
- their
- new
- human
- allies
- and
- retain
- their
- bid
- for
- control
- of
- their
- world.
- But
- as
- soon
- as
- the
- shuttle
- proves
- spaceworthy,
- the
- captains
- of
- the
- Phoenix
- suddenly
- recall
- their
- planetary
- delegates,
- breaking
- diplomatic
- contact
- and
- initiating
- a
- vicious
- bid
- for
- political
- dominance.But
- the
- powerful
- head
- of
- the
- atevi's
- Western
- Association
- is
- not
- to
- be
- outmaneuvered,
- and
- he
- sends
- his
- own
- diplomat,
- or
- paidhi,
- Bren
- Cameron,
- into
- space
- to
- negotiate.
- Thrust
- into
- a
- political
- maelstrom
- with
- almost
- no
- preparation,
- can
- Bren
- gain
- control
- of
- the
- station
- and
- political
- supremacy
- for
- the
- atevi
- without
- sparking
- a
- three-sided
- interspecies
- war?The
- long-running
- Foreigner
- series
- can
- also
- be
- enjoyed
- by
- more
- casual
- genre
- readers
- in
- sub-trilogy
- installments.
- Precursor
- is
- the
- 4th
- Foreigner
- novel.
- It
- is
- also
- the
- 1st
- book
- in
- the
- second subtrilogy.
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