The fourteenth novel is Cherryh's acclaimed Foreigner series about human space travelers stranded on a planet and forced to interact with its highly intelligent and dominant alien species, the atevi.
With the atevi world just emerging from a major realignment of manchi, the instinctive sense of personal attachment that drives every aspect of atevi existence, Ben Cameron, the paidhi-aiji --- human mediator for atevi and humans alike --- and his allies have now become the target of ruthless conspirators who may have already infiltrated every clan and government department in their bid to seize power.
Cajeiri, the soon to be nine-year-old son of Tabini-aiji, ruler of the Western Association that effectively governs the planet, has particularly requested the presence of three human children at his birthday festivity. These children, with whom he bonded during a perilous two year mission on the human space ship, have arrived on a planetary surface for the first time in their lives, accompanied by ship Captain Jason Graham, Bren's human friend and ally in space.
Can Bren keep the aiji's son and the human children alive, safe and happy, preserve his bond with Jase and the humans and atevi on the space station, and defeat the conspiracy that seeks to destroy Tabini-aiji and the Western Association? Another cliffhanger from science fiction master Cherryh.
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