“This is one of the best science fiction series currently this point, the series has turned into a complicated set of thrillers involving political and factional turmoil, as well as a close and detailed examination of the troubled interactions between human and alien cultures.” -Strange Horizons “One of the best long-running SF series in existence.Cherryh remains one of the most talented writers in the field." - Publishers Weekly " A seriously probing, thoughtful, intelligent piece of work, with more insight in half a dozen pages than most authors manage in half a thousand." - Kirkus Reviews "This is the kind of anthropological SF of which is an acknowledged master." - Booklist Cherryh's splendid Foreigner series remains at the top of my must-keep-up reading list after two decades." - Locus "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Betrayer is the 12th Foreigner novel, and the 3rd book in the fourth subtrilogy. The long-running Foreigner series can also be enjoyed by more casual genre readers in sub-trilogy installments.
Can Bren stay alive and not alienate Ilisidi or Tabini, while also representing the interests of their enemy? But Machigi is suspicious of Ilisidi's motives, and, to Bren's utter shock, evokes an ancient law that jeopardizes Bren's life. Bren's genius for negotiation enable him to make a daring trade offer to Machigi-one that seems to interest the young warlord. Bren knows that the autocratic Machigi rules a fractious clan, and that his hospitality is not guaranteed. But Ilisidi, the wily and dangerous aiji-dowager, is not inclined to be passive, and in a brazen maneuver sends Bren into enemy territory, to the palace of Machigi, the leader of the rebels.īren's mission is to negotiate with Machigi-a young atevi lord who has never actually seen a human-and somehow persuade him to cease his hostile actions against the West. But now he is trapped inside Najida-which has been surrounded by enemies-with Ilisidi, the powerful grandmother of his ally, Tabini-aiji, atevi leader of the Western Association. In the wake of civil war, Bren Cameron, the brilliant human diplomat of the alien atevi civilization, has left the capital and sought refuge at his country estate, Najida. The twelfth novel in Cherryh’s Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences.
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