Defender (Foreigner series Book 5)

Defender (Foreigner series Book 5)

<b>The fifth novel in Cherryh’s <i>Foreigner</i> space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences…</b><br /><br />Nearly ten years after the unexpected return of the starship <i>Phoenix</i>, the alien <i>atevi</i> have three functioning space shuttles, and teams of <i>atevi</i> engineers labor in orbit to renovate the space station. But these monumental advances not only add a dangerously powerful third party to an already precarious diplomatic situation, but rouse pro- and anti=s[ace factions in <i>atevi</i> society to incendiary levels. To help negotiate these treacherous diplomatic waters, Tabini-aiji, the powerful head of the <i>atevi's </i>Western Association, has sent the only human he fully trusts into space: his own <i>paidhi</i>, Bren Cameron.<br /><br /> However, the threat of possible invasion by hostile aliens who attacked <i>Phoenix's</i> station in a far-off sector of space hangs over them all. And when one of the senior captains of the <i>Phoenix</i> confesses that this station was not completely destroyed, as had been previously thought, the crew mutinies. How can Bren hope to mediate on a station overcome by a rebellious crew intent on taking the <i>Phoenix</i> on a rescue mission back into hostile alien territory?<br /><br /> The long-running <i>Foreigner </i>series can also be enjoyed by more casual genre readers in sub-trilogy installments. <i>Defender</i> is the fifth <i>Foreigner</i> book and the the second book of the second sub-trilogy.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>