Visitor
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Series:
Published:
New York, NY : DAW Books, Inc., [2016].
Physical Desc:
viii, 376 pages ; 24 cm
Status:
Central
SCIENCE FICTION Cherryh, C.
Fair Oaks
SCIENCE FICTION Cherryh, C.
Rio Linda
SCIENCE FICTION Cherryh, C.
Description
The seventeenth novel in Cherryh’s Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences…
The human and atevi inhabitants of Alpha Station, orbiting the world of the atevi, have picked up a signal from an alien kyo ship telling them that the ship is inbound toward Alpha. Five thousand of the inhabitants of Alpha are human refugees from the now derelict Reunion Station. They have seen this scenario before, when a single kyo ship swooped into the Reunion system and, without a word, melted a major section of Reunion Station with a single pass. These refugees, who were rescued through the combined efforts of an allied group of humans and atevi and brought to safety at Alpha, are now desperate with fear.
Bren Cameron—brilliant human emissary of Tabini-aiji, the powerful atevi political leader on the mainland below, and also the appointee of the human president of the island nation of Mospheira—is the obvious choice of representative to be sent up to deal with both the panicked refugees and the incoming alien ship.
As a member of the spacefaring delegation who rescued the refugees, Bren has talked to kyo before—and even won their trust by saving one of their kind from a Reunioner prison. Because of his remarkable diplomatic and linguistic abilities, Bren managed to communicate with that grateful kyo individual on a limited basis, and he has evidence that that same kyo is on the ship heading to defenseless Alpha Station.
But no one can predict what an alien race might do, or what their motivations could be.
And Bren Cameron, the only human ever to be accepted into atevi society, is now the one individual with a hope of successfully interacting with the crew of the incoming ship. But Bren knows it will take putting himself in the hands of the kyo.
Can Bren count on the gratitude of one individual alien to save his life and the lives of thousands on Alpha Station?
The human and atevi inhabitants of Alpha Station, orbiting the world of the atevi, have picked up a signal from an alien kyo ship telling them that the ship is inbound toward Alpha. Five thousand of the inhabitants of Alpha are human refugees from the now derelict Reunion Station. They have seen this scenario before, when a single kyo ship swooped into the Reunion system and, without a word, melted a major section of Reunion Station with a single pass. These refugees, who were rescued through the combined efforts of an allied group of humans and atevi and brought to safety at Alpha, are now desperate with fear.
Bren Cameron—brilliant human emissary of Tabini-aiji, the powerful atevi political leader on the mainland below, and also the appointee of the human president of the island nation of Mospheira—is the obvious choice of representative to be sent up to deal with both the panicked refugees and the incoming alien ship.
As a member of the spacefaring delegation who rescued the refugees, Bren has talked to kyo before—and even won their trust by saving one of their kind from a Reunioner prison. Because of his remarkable diplomatic and linguistic abilities, Bren managed to communicate with that grateful kyo individual on a limited basis, and he has evidence that that same kyo is on the ship heading to defenseless Alpha Station.
But no one can predict what an alien race might do, or what their motivations could be.
And Bren Cameron, the only human ever to be accepted into atevi society, is now the one individual with a hope of successfully interacting with the crew of the incoming ship. But Bren knows it will take putting himself in the hands of the kyo.
Can Bren count on the gratitude of one individual alien to save his life and the lives of thousands on Alpha Station?
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Central
SCIENCE FICTION Cherryh, C.
On Shelf
Fair Oaks
SCIENCE FICTION Cherryh, C.
On Shelf
Rio Linda
SCIENCE FICTION Cherryh, C.
On Shelf
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
Subjects
Other Subjects
More Details
Format:
Book
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780756409104
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Cherryh, C. J. (2016). Visitor. New York, NY, DAW Books, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Cherryh, C. J.. 2016. Visitor. New York, NY, DAW Books, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Cherryh, C. J., Visitor. New York, NY, DAW Books, Inc, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Cherryh, C. J.. Visitor. New York, NY, DAW Books, Inc, 2016.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
fa29aadb-f7be-a082-be20-00ec923f60db
Record Information
Last Sierra Extract Time | Apr 23, 2024 08:46:21 PM |
---|---|
Last File Modification Time | Apr 23, 2024 08:46:48 PM |
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Apr 24, 2024 02:13:21 AM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 01207pam 2200349 i 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | bl2016006858 | ||
005 | 20160329160554.0 | ||
008 | 160212s2016 nyu 000 1 eng d | ||
010 | |a bl2016006858 | ||
020 | |a 9780756409104 | ||
040 | |a NjBwBT|b eng|c NjBwBT|e rda|d NjBwBT | ||
049 | |a JRSA | ||
050 | 1 | 4 | |a PS3553.H358|b V58 2016 |
082 | 0 | 4 | |a 813/.54|2 23 |
100 | 1 | |a Cherryh, C. J.,|e author. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Visitor /|c C.J. Cherryh. |
264 | 1 | |a New York, NY :|b DAW Books, Inc.,|c [2016] | |
300 | |a viii, 376 pages ;|c 24 cm | ||
336 | |a text|2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a unmediated|2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a volume|2 rdacarrier | ||
650 | 0 | |a Human-alien encounters|v Fiction. | |
650 | 0 | |a Life on other planets|v Fiction. | |
655 | 7 | |a Science fiction.|2 gsafd | |
800 | 1 | |a Cherryh, C. J.|t Foreigner universe. | |
907 | |a .b24108236 | ||
932 | |a SCIENCE FICTION Cherryh, C. | ||
945 | |y .i73720057|i 33029100934546|l cenag|s -|k |u 16|x 0|w 0|v 0|t 0|z 04-08-16|o - | ||
945 | |y .i73720070|i 33029100934553|l faiag|s -|k |u 7|x 0|w 0|v 5|t 0|z 04-08-16|o - | ||
945 | |y .i73720094|i 33029100934579|l rioag|s -|k |u 12|x 1|w 0|v 5|t 0|z 04-08-16|o - | ||
948 | |a WDP Featured List 05/16 | ||
998 | |e -|d a |f eng|a cen|a fai|a rio |