Farfetch

Dushau Trilogy #2

by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

With Imperial Troops in hot pursuit, "Lady" Zavaronne, with her now trusted Dushau friend Jindigar and his friends of many species, crashes on a colonizable planet which the Dushau have kept secret from the Empire, against all Laws. She has forgiven Jindigar that lie, but now she finds he has lied to her again. The planet has intelligent natives, and is therefore embargoed.

They can't survive here unless she joins Jindigar's Dushau exploration team in a psychic bond so they can blend into the local ecology.

They must convince the Natives to hide them from the Imperial troops chasing them. As they take refuge with a Hive Dwelling native, Zavaronne must peel away the Dushau's lies, half-truths, and hidden agenda so she can decide if she can trust Jindigar before the Imperial troops find them. Should she switch sides - again?

Genres: Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction

238 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Jacqueline Lichtenberg is creator of the Sime~Gen Universe, primary author of Star Trek Lives!, founder of the Star Trek Welcommittee, creator of the term Intimate Adventure, winner of the Galaxy Award for Spirituality in Science Fiction and one of the first Romantic Times Awards for Best Science Fiction Novel. Her work is now in e-book form, audio-dramatization and on XM Satellite Radio. She has been sf/f reviewer for The Monthly Aspectarian since 1993.

Reprints and new titles coming from Wildside Press, 2011.

Co-blogs at: http://www.aliendjinnromances.blogspo...

Find currently available titles and free chapters at
http://www.jacquelinelichtenberg.com
With Professor Jean Lorrah, she teaches sf/f writing online via Tarot and Astrology.

Reviews

[Dr susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great sci fi adventure, but...

I don't remember reading these books when they were published. My big complaint with current sci fi books is the doom, death, and destruction. Apparently, older sci fi books had just as much doom, death, and destruction. The story is great, the characters are fascinating, and the body count is high.

[James]

With Imperial Troops in hot pursuit, "Lady" Zavaronne, with her now trusted Dushau friend Jindigar and his friends of many species, crashes on a colonizable planet which the Dushau have kept secret from the Empire, against all Laws. She has forgiven Jindigar that lie, but now she finds he has lied to her again. The planet has intelligent natives, and is therefore embargoed. They can't survive here unless she joins Jindigar's Dushau exploration team in a psychic bond so they can blend into the local ecology. They must convince the Natives to hide them from the Imperial troops chasing them. As they take refuge with a Hive Dwelling native, Zavaronne must peel away the Dushau's lies, half-truths, and hidden agenda so she can decide if she can trust Jindigar before the Imperial troops find them. Should she switch sides - again?

[Cheryl]

she wrote a good Quora piece (about archetype vs cliche...) and to make a special effort to appreciate her writing (of star trek novels & others)

[Elsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second in Lichtenberg's Dushau trilogy. Farfetch continues the adventures of Krinata, a 33 year old human researcher who has assisted Jindigar, an Duschau outcast, to escape from the rapidly declining empire of the Allegiency empire. I picked this book from a bookbox and immediately set out to swap for Dushau (the first book) and Outreach so I'd have the entire series.

Having successfully evaded the emperor's forces, Jindigar and Krinata have gathered a small group of Dushau, humans, and other species and are attempting to escape to an undocumented planet that the Dushau had decided to use for a multi-species colony. Evading the fleets raised against them takes its toll and they crash-land on the planet known as Phanphihy. And, it appears that they will be the last to arrive, leaving the colonists without a functioning oliat.

Phanphihy is a planet already populated by species which form 'hives' and resist incursion into their own territory by non-hive members. Jindigar knows that if they can convince the nearby hives that the refugees are a new type of hive, they will be able to co-exist with the natives. If not, the natives will attack and wipe out this small and fragile colony.

[Lawrence · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I've learned a lesson about picking up series in the middle -- I had trouble following and getting into the story. But when I let go of trying to understand everything and let it wash past me, it was fun!