Tabini-aiji has once again take over the job of training his young son in the traditional ways of the atevi, and has Cajieri under strict supervision.

To avoid additional conflict, Bren has decided to visit Najida, his country estate on the west coast. This family now claims loyalty to Tabini, but the aiji is dubious. Since the rebellion, Bren Camerons apartment in the capital has been occupied by an old noble family from the Southern district-the same district from which the coup was initiated. But factions that remain loyal to the opposition are still present, and the danger these rebels pose is far from over. Tabini-aiji, powerful ruler of the Western Association, along with Cajieri, his son and heir, and his human paidhi, Bren Cameron, have returned to the Bujavid, their seat of power. The civil war among the alien atevi has ended. Book Synopsis The tenth novel in Cherryhs Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences. If you like reading about alien societies that feel truly alien, I’d highly recommend these books.About the Book First in a brand-new Foreigner trilogy from Hugo Award-winning author Cherryh. I’ve seen these books described as “First Contact” stories, but they are about what happens after first contact. There are some priceless gems in those books. I love the books of the series that are set in space. I love the drawn-out affairs of Bren’s dysfunctional relationship with his human family. You think you know them, and then you find out you don’t. I love the familiar-but-yet-alien feel of the atevi characters.

Over the course of the series, we learn much, much more about the society, about Bren and the history of human settlement. The very best I know, if fact.īook 1 also pulls off one of the best-ever didn’t-see-that-coming twists I have encountered in fiction. We learn with him, through the events as they unfold. Bren doesn’t know much about what is going on either, just that there are attacks and fighting and he’s being jostled about the countryside. In book 1, the reader is pretty much in the dark about this society and learns through osmosis. He lives in the household, and by the mercy, of the atevi leader. Bren does not live with the other humans on their island, but is originally employed as a translator. The larger and stronger atevi are dangerous, don’t like humans on their planet but begrudgingly acknowledge their existence. These books detail the life and tribulations of a puny human Bren Cameron on a planet where humans are in the minority and not in power.

Start reading book number 1 (click on the image). My number one favourite of favourite series.

Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh