Tracker (Foreigner Novels) by C J Cherryh

Foreigner #16

by C.J. Cherryh

Tracker is the sixteenth installment of CJ Cherryh's acclaimed Foreigner series.It’s been a year of upheaval, since Bren Cameron’s return from space—a year when he and the aiji-dowager, one of his most powerful atevi allies, returned home from their two-year interstellar mission to find the government over­thrown and their world in chaos. Now, at last, things are calming down; the Assassins’ Guild is functioning again, working out its internal difficulties, and Bren is settling back into his not as Lord of the Heavens; not—to his regret—as Lord of Najida peninsula, where his leisure estate is located; but as paidhi-aiji, an official in the atevi court. His current ambition is to keep himself and his bodyguard out of harm’s way, and to shepherd the aiji-dowager’s daring new trade agreement through the appropriate legislative committees. Combined with Tabini-aiji’s recent appointment of his young son Cajeiri as his official heir, Bren’s workload is challenging, but at least things on the atevi world seem to be on the right track. Something is coming, however, quietly, stealthily, just the first ominous twinkle of a new star in the heavens…

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Space Opera, Aliens, Fantasy

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Currently resident in Spokane, Washington, C.J. Cherryh has won four Hugos and is one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed authors in the science fiction and fantasy field. She is the author of more than forty novels. Her hobbies include travel, photography, reef culture, Mariners baseball, and, a late passion, figure skating: she intends to compete in the adult USFSA track. She began with the modest ambition to learn to skate backwards and now is working on jumps. She sketches, occasionally, cooks fairly well, and hates house work; she loves the outdoors, animals wild and tame, is a hobbyist geologist, adores dinosaurs, and has academic specialties in Roman constitutional law and bronze age Greek ethnography. She has written science fiction since she was ten, spent ten years of her life teaching Latin and Ancient History on the high school level, before retiring to full time writing, and now does not have enough hours in the day to pursue all her interests. Her studies include planetary geology, weather systems, and natural and man-made catastrophes, civilizations, and cosmology…in fact, there's very little that doesn't interest her. A loom is gathering dust and needs rethreading, a wooden ship model awaits construction, and the cats demand their own time much more urgently. She works constantly, researches mostly on the internet, and has books stacked up and waiting to be written.

Reviews

[Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm extremely happy to be returning to space again. Not that I didn't love the politics and the deadly action and the assassination attempts down below, but it's been a long time since we went back to space. Objectively, it's only been a year, but in that time there's been a civil war and the space station has been dealing with troublesome refugees from another space station that had gotten itself into some deep trouble with some very strange aliens.

And guess who's come to the Atevi homeworld, knock-knock-knocking on the door?

Ah, well, just imagine a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off and you're describing mostly the humans, including those in control of the space station.

Enter DIPLOMACY. Yes, diplomacy as a superpower. It's a thing.

It's a very geeky thing that I absolutely love. Add a bit of math, a lot of politics coming from so many sides, names and situations that have been developing for a truly wonderful run of 16 books, and the start of a new story-arc mini-trilogy, and I'm super-happy. It's always like coming home. Like coming home to a million old dysfunctional friends with ebony skin, who think in math and believe all humans are little tiny children.

But best of all, we're getting back to space! And Cajeri's human friends have just been gifted percieved powers among the rabble on the space station? Holy crap. And aliens are coming? Holy crap.

And we've got conspiracy, diplomacy, hacking, space-battle, and tea? Oh, yeah, Cherryh's on my wavelength. :)

I can't wait to see where this new trilogy takes us! :)

[Veronique · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.75

Reading my way through the Foreigner series has been an enjoyable discovery, but I must admit that the last 9 books were perhaps a little too much to get back to this part of the narrative. Don’t get me wrong. Many aspects dealt with were fascinating, and getting Cajeiri’s point of view has been priceless, and oh so much fun, but in my very humble opinion, it could have been done a tad quicker...

Book 16 on the other hand, ‘beginning’ of another trilogy arc, was much more to my taste! We finally get thrown back into the mess that is the station hotpot, with more factions than you could believe: the Mospheirans, the humans from the ship and then the humans rescued from the abandoned station, all at each other’s throat, nearly. As if this wasn’t enough, the Kyo are coming :O) Yes, I’m smiling! And who else can sort all this out? Bren, of course. Bradley mentioned diplomacy as a superpower, and I have to agree that it fits beautifully. I must also commend Cherryh for giving us Irene, and developing her as a really fascinating protagonist, full of potential. Here we have a child who, although scared by all the explosive situations, gathers her strength and actually uses it and her intelligence in a determined way. I cannot wait to see what else she is going to achieve. In the paucity of ‘strong’ female characters, it is a breath of fresh air! The only thing I didn’t like was the ending. You cannot leave it there!!!! Can’t wait for next month to get the next book :O)

[Gergana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ever since book 6, Explorer, I've been waiting... WAITING for this to happen! Book 16, Tracker, is everything I ever wanted to see in this series: SPACE! We're finally back on the station and things aren't as peachy as Bren thought they would be. An alien ship is approaching the planet – is it friendly? Is it an enemy? Speaking of enemies: the Mospheiran space station master is a complete disaster, the psychopaths from Reunion are as suspicious as ever, Cajeiri's associates are missing and, possibly, in grave danger, the assassin's guild wants to open office in space (and we all know how bad this can go). Basically, there's a lot of $#&% happening and Bren has to fix it all (again) and believe it or not, his fellow humans tend to be far more difficult to deal with than the alien Atevi.

Cajeiri and his cute pet!

I don't want to spoil anything, this book is filled with plot twists and dubious situations, so I'll be as general as possible (translation: I'll fangirl like an obnoxious little brat)

WHAT I LOVED

1. We're back in space! Or more specifically, to the space station, the only place where humans and atevi are working together (their language skills are rather bad so they communicate between eachother using simple words, images and occasionally exchange photos of their families...SO CUTE!) I wish we could see more of these every day scenes.
2. Situation on the station is a complete mess – let's just say the Mospheiran humans aren't very happy to have the Reunion humans as flatmates and it's up to Bren to poor some sense into their leaders' heads. Armed atevi assassins as bodyguards should do the trick.
3. The Assassin's Guild is opening an office on the space station... WOW! Seriously? I can't wait to see how this goes... They should watch some human tv soap opera for educational purposes, just to get an idea of what an emotional mess our race is.
4. Irene – she's quickly becoming one of my favorite characters! Not to mention she's a female human below 40 who isn't stupid, weak, ignorant or evil! That's rare...She's actually the only one so far. In this book, Irene is one hell of a kick-ass character! A Paidhi material without a doubt!
5. Bren and interracial diplomacy. Dealing with Atevi is a piece of pie compared to dealing with emotional humans with mental breakdowns!
6. The human children – I adore them! I adore their presence in the books, and it's been a great joy to read about their journey in the past 3 books.

WHAT I DIDN'T LOVE

1. I'll be honest, ever since book 7 my interest in the series was dwindling (I'm actually a minority here, as usual). I still enjoyed them (especially books 14 and 15), but at one point it was a struggle to continue considering Foreigner as one of my top 15 favorite series. Book 16 was definitely worth the long wait, but I do feel a little bit tired from the overall plot dragging in the previous 9 books.
2. Stupid evil humans are just...stupid and evil. Ok, so random bad guy wants power, wants control, wants to cause others to suffer, because....? Why is he doing all this, he can't be a complete psychopath without real human reasoning. Some of the most horrible actions in our history were done because of good intentions. People are never truly evil, something made them prone to make wrong choices in life. Branding a person as evil is not enough for me. Maybe his goals are detrimental for some, but beneficial for others. If he was 100% selfish then he wouldn't have so many followers to begin with.

CONCLUSION
LOVED IT! Sad because I've almost caught up with the series now, but overall, Tracker made me fall in love with Foreigner all over again!

Fanarts are done by me, as usual. :3

[Justine · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

Excellent as expected; the book I’ve been waiting for since the crew all returned from the expedition to Reunion Station!

[liza · Rating 5 out of 5]

just another idyllic, peaceful interlude on the home world of the atevi...until aliens zoom into range and civil war breaks out on the space station, and cajeiri stains his cuff lace with ink.

C. J.-ma? with respect [bowing slightly], one does understand how much effort goes into each of your Foreigner novels, and one does absolutely wish to leave you in peace to write, but please. Your faithful readers do not grow younger, and we desperately wish to know - we must learn what happens when the kyo visit! We shall wait as patiently as we can wait, but we do hope the next installment will be available very soon as we are great fans of this meticulously described and thoroughly thought-out universe!

[Jo Walton]

Despite having a tea ceremony on the cover, and thus leading one to expect more of the same, this book contains non-trivial events I cared about, for the first time in several volumes. Not that I mind reading about Cajeiri picking our furniture and having a birthday party, or I wouldn't still be reading, but this book was much more like the reason I wanted Atevi books in the first place.

I can't wait for the next one.

[Peter Tillman · Rating 4 out of 5]

TRACKER features all of Cherryh's strengths and weaknesses. In particular, the slow pace and constant repetitions get old -- but I just skim the slow parts. I've been away from the Foreigner universe for quite awhile, and it's a pleasure to be back. First of a new story arc, and the next is on its way from the library. The space-station diplomacy (etc) is cool, the Young Lord is growing up -- and his pal Irene, from the visit to the Atevi homeworld by three refugee kids that opens the book, is wonderful. She kicked it up to 4 stars, for me. That whole episode, really, and it wouldn't be fair to reveal more. You'll know it when you see it!

The whole series is a remarkable piece of imaginative work. She's been publishing books in the Foreigner universe since 1994! That's impressive. This is book #16. Four more to go! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign... -- nice catch-up or memory-aid.

The review to read is Jo Walton's, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And here's a good review by another long-term reader of the series: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/09/rev...
Excerpt:
"once the story starts to move forward, it *really* moves. In the space of a hundred pages Bren is on the planet deciding to visit his brother, and then he’s whisked up to the space station to deal with a threat, and goes toe to toe with a stationmaster who has clearly lost his mind, and hopes his (very loyal and extremely frightening) bodyguard doesn’t decide to kill someone, all while trying to figure out how to talk to a dangerous new alien race when the only thing they’ve translated in their language is a handful of nouns. It was fun, exciting, satisfying, and absolutely makes me want to read more."

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh Boy a proper cliffhanger!

Starting out slowly as usual, with Bren worrying about everything and thus giving an approximate history of the series so far. I love Bren, he is the most Virgo hero I have ever come across and it makes a refreshing change from the Alpha Male heroes usually portrayed. He is intelligent, meticulous, sometimes fussy, considerate, very diplomatic, and fair. While maintaining his own modesty, he is able to wield the power of his office and restore right relations between those who are causing discord. Although there have been some violent actions in previous books, mostly a diplomatic solution is used for resolution. This is a somewhat rare approach in most space operas.

In this installment Bren finds that he needs to travel to the space station to resolve issues with the Ship People, Mospheirans, Reunion Refugees and Atevi. Before he can respond to this situation, a alien space ship is observed to be heading towards their space station. This pushes everything into crisis mode, and just about when Bren has control, the aliens open communication. Stay tuned for the next book and pray it won't be too long in coming out as this series really heats up again.

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

This episode of Foreigner blew me away. One of the best books in my favorite SF series.

[Paulette · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite authors and my favorite series. I love these books.

[Samantha (AK) · Rating 4 out of 5]

After the last 9(!) books on solid ground, Cherryh's finally wrapped up the downworld situation. Things are going well, except... for the little matter of the 5,000 Reunioners on an overtaxed station.

So we're back in space. As much as I've enjoyed the extensive look at Atevi cultures, it's a nice change of scenery. Nice enough that--once again--I jumped straight into the book after this one.

Look. These books are comfort food. Wonderful, political, close-pov comfort food. I have no shame.

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Irene the brave!!

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The start to another sub-trilogy. Bren is back to his normal working routine as paidhi and eventually Lord of the Heavens. His message bowl is running over. There is a lot of reading and writing letters. The Assassin’s guild is in order again. Bren is working on Ilisidi’s new trade agreement and plans to go up to the station to deal with its troublesome current stationmaster. Tillington is not dealing well with the Reunioners. But while Bren is making plans, something appears in space…

Finally, what we all have been waiting for since the 2nd (?) sub-trilogy. Back in space! Cherryh took her time getting here.

I had fun, but this was a lot of set-up… 🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️½

[Rachel (Kalanadi) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Jackie Harrison-jewell · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I've read every book in this series. It's been fun. I love the world and the Atevi culture, and the characters are great. I love Bren's aishid. There's just one thing that keeps bothering me.

A little background: A few years ago, when Jean Auel wrote the Ayla series, I read each one as soon as it came out. I was hooked on this character and her grand adventures. My husband read them too and his only comment was that she invented everything. The comment stuck with me, because, of course it was sort of true. Sewing. Taming horses and dogs. Inventing the sling. And a bunch of other species changing events all brought about at the hands of this one woman.

I mean, it's not like Jean was really claiming that this one woman did all those things, or that there even was just one person who did these things. They were works of fiction and she was just bringing to life events that must have happened at some point, conveniently housed in a single, interesting and likeable person. It was just so unrealistic, when you stepped back and looked at it from that perspective. And the thing is, once you did look at it from that perspective, the suspension of disbelief, so critical to enjoyment of the book, was ruined. I couldn't read another book in the series without being a little cynical about whatever new adventure or skill Ayla came up with. And I never did read the last few.

Yeah, there's a point and I imagine you've come to it by now. Bren is truly at the center of his universe. Oh sure, he's not the aiji, but even the supreme leader of an entire race of people defers to his judgement, in most things. After a while, one's willingness to believe begins to suffer.

I think it's a matter of being hoist by her own petard. C.J. wrote about this fascinating species that didn't have emotions in the same way as humans do, and set up a classic confrontation, with the readers empathy inclined to settle on the Atevi side. After all, aside from a few exceptions, we see most humans in these books as petulant, irrational creatures who pursue their own narrow and selfish political interests, even when those interests put their lives and their entire culture at risk. There appears to be no appreciation or gratitude towards the Atevi or even a basic understanding that they exist on an island with limited resources at the discretion of a people who never invited them.

And the Atevi are supposed to be guided by an emotional structure so unlike humans that the very exposure between races creates difficulties in understanding so severe they've escalated to war in the past and could easily do so again, as each side finds it impossible to breach the gulf.

And yet, at this point in the series, some 18 books in, Bren is still the only one who can be depended on to act in a smart and rational way, guiding everyone else to the safe ground. He's navigated the emotional gap so successfully he's become a virtual savior to Atevi, who appear to find him completely reassuring (I would say beloved, but that's supposed to be the problem, isn't it?) It's lovely to read, but there's a corner of my mind that says, "Really? Nobody else would be able to see it from this perspective and do the right thing? Really?!" And that sort of ruins it for me.

Will I stop reading the series, if we get more? No. Not at all. I love the Atevi. They are one of the most interesting alien cultures imagined in science fiction today. I just wish that it had been possible to maintain a bit more of their alien-ness. That their alien emotional structure continued to surprise and catch Bren off guard. That Bren still feels danger not only from the occasional Atevi he doesn't know, but from the ones he loves. And that they would sometimes do things that are incomprehensible to him.

The premise of the story is that there was a reason the humans and Atevi warred 200 years before Foreigner begins. A reason they limited contact between their two races. I can only imagine that at some point in the past, there were other humans and Atevi who felt they'd managed to leap the gap, but who were disastrously wrong. That reason appears to have faded over the course of this series and it leaves behind a drier heart to the story. The Atevi have had their teeth removed somewhat, to everyone's detriment.

Oh, and reading back on this review, and reflecting on the activities of our current legislative branch, I believe I did Ms. Cherryh a disservice. She's nailed human politics and politicians. My apologies.

[Jamie Collins · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. So glad to visit with these characters again! Especially since they get to go back to the space station and there’s the beginning of a really interesting plot where the Kyo show up for their promised visit while the humans are in the middle of a political crisis. (It’s their turn; the atevi political crisis having been neatly wrapped up at the end of the previous novel.)

I assume this is the first third of another story arc, since it feels like the first third of a novel, if it were written by someone else. As usual the plotting is incredibly slow and the writing is repetitive - in particular Bren explains circumstances to people over and over again.

Still, I’m utterly absorbed by this series, and there’s the usual exciting action scene at the end. So I sit back and wait a year for the next book.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

After an incredibly long start-up, which did have the pleasing result of reminding me of about everything I needed to know about the world, the characters, and the situation, the last few chapters had gripping suspense and action (although the action was mostly seen from a distance). But it makes me look forward to the next one.

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Argh. Mixed feelings I guess. For a long long time, this book didn't really catch me at all. Loads of rehashing, loads of build up, loads of setting up the conflict for the whole arc without much actually happening. Yeah it's awesome the Kyo are finally here, yeah it's awesome were back with all the station politics, but where was all the emotion?

For me the biggest attraction of this series has always been the relationship between Bren and his Aishid. All my emotional investment is derived from that. So when that relationship is almost entirely missing from this installment, you can imagine my lack of involvement. The first time Algini called Bren aiji-ma I cried. I'm not actually sure Algini is even in this book.

The little bit of emotional impact all comes from Cajieiri's arc, and surprisingly enough even from two different of arcs involving him. I was moved by his confrontation with Damiri, and hopes that finally is resolved somewhat. But the high point of this entire book was Irene. She kicked ass. But before that she pulled on my heartstrings, and supplied this book with its needed feelings.

The thing is, while I love the kids, I'm not in this for them, I'm in it for Bren and his Aishid, so when that aspect is missing almost completely, I'm not really engaged.

Even with the rather awesome last 3 chapters and the ending that happened in the middle of the action, even with the Kyo and Gene and Irene and Illisidi struggling... 3 great chapters don't make up for a book where the heart was mostly missing.

I still have high hopes for this arc, but this installment didn't live up to my expectations.

[Krista D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

(Yeah, yeah, I know, I said I was going to take a break. Whatever. I lied.)

This one had several heartbreaking moments and really exciting ones. First, I love the mechanics of space travel and living onboard ship in this world she's created. It's difficult for them to get to space. It takes time. It's exhausting. They need naps when they finally arrive. It is still a dangerous trip for everyone to get up into the heavens, and Cherryh does make it come alive.

Cajeiri and Damiri's honest discussion about the loss of man'chi between them and how they want to get it back. I know that "love" isn't the same feeling, but I could image a child and his mother trying to have this discussion. "Mom, I know you don't love me anymore." And mom saying, yes, that's true, I don't. But they all got to finally air the dirty laundry. Why Damiri and Tabini nearly broke up. Why Damiri had such a hard time seeing Cajeiri again. And everyone got to be honest: if Cajeiri had stayed, they would have all died. So Damiri's sacrifice of her son's man'chi was the ultimate show of man'chi, for it saved his life.

The arrival onboard with the Kyo showing up, and the near riot happening was so well done. Ilisidi loves those kids. I know, I know, she can't feel love, but what she feels for them is as close as Atevi can feel love. She is a softie when it comes to children, it's clear, and she isn't even trying to put on a good show anymore.

16 books in, and frankly this series has held my attention completely. I absolutely love this series.

[Scott Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is something about the narratives that CJ Cherryh creates that always draws me in. The Foreigner series especially--maybe because of its breadth, depth, and length, and the feeling of returning to a narrative that's been with me for many years, but also because of the appeal of the characters, the places, and the writing. She was, in many ways, the originator of the "24" television series genre. She can tell the happenings of a period of a few days over 600 pages and still make it thrilling, sweeping, epic. In this novel, we see the growth of Cajeiri, the confidence of Bren, and the wisdom of Ilisidi evolve as the kyo return as promised. The contrast of the chaos of the human populations (with of course many exceptions) and the organization of the atevi is once again a pleasure to read about. And one thing I've come to appreciate in the Foreigner series that I believe I will have to re-see in other of her novels, is that decorum and formality, tradition, and hierarchy, needn't at all be bound to prudishness or lack of progressiveness. It is all rather tied to integrity rather than calcification, to open-mindedness as much as to form over function. As always, a delightful (and all-too-fast!) read!

[Maciej · Rating 2 out of 5]

TL;DR;
It feels like this is half of a book. The weakest title in the series so far.

Foreigner series is known for a long buildup with action/resolution at the very end, but this book takes it way too far. There is hardly anything going on for the first 350 pages and when something is happening it feels more like an inconvenience to the characters than actual problem.
When we (and the characters) actually learn about THE PROBLEM it's distant both in time and space, nobody is sure if it really is going to be a problem and the book never actually reaches it - it finishes right before it.

The last 30 pages feel like something I'm used to reading as a part of the buildup somewhere in the middle or 2/3 of the Foreigner book, when things start to pick up and definitely not like the main 'action'.

To make things worse the book doesn't move the world forward by much - it could have easily been replaced by 40-50-page intro to the next one with no loss to the story. I'd rather it was.

[Lisa Feld · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to confess, after the last trio of Foreigner books, I was worried that Cherryh was getting burned out on the series--I wasn't particularly interested in Cajeiri's tensions with Mommy Dearest, or the assassinations of characters who hadn't previously impacted the plot, and I HATE books that center around pet hijinks. I was worried the books were going to take a permanent turn in that direction.

Instead, delightfully, we're back to the energy and tension of the earlier parts of the series--Bren feeling his way through the tensions between multiple factions of human and atevi, handling volatile power grabs in space while the kyo loom in the background. If you bowed out in either of the last two cycles, I highly recommend coming back now. This is shaping up to be one of the better trilogies of an excellent, long-running series.

[Peggy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another winner

In reading some other reviews, there were complaints about repetitive plotting and the boring 'same old thing' so I started to read with this in the back of my mind. The next time it crossed my mind was just now, about two hours after finishing the book. I flew through it, though I kept trying to read slowly to make it last longer, but that just wasn't going to happen. Any time I have read any of the books in this series, I have been transported to this other Earth, the Earth of the Atevi, and I am sadly disappointed each time when I finish the book and have to return to this world, where there are no delightfully interesting beings such as Ilisidi, or Banichi, or the various Kyo. I recommend a trip to this other world to any reader, any time.

[Estara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes on the second read I think this is another of my favourites in the series. It starts off with Bren having had at least a week's worth of break with Jase, Cajeiri and the kids, right after the last book ended, and then when everything looks as if the biggest upheaval in the offing would be Cajeiri being sad that the kids go back to the station and the details of that train line to be laid into the east, the shit hits the fan up on the station because some visitors no one really expected to show up are on approach.

I loved the balance of Bren, Cajeiri and Ilisidi here and especially the little vignette between Cajeiri and his mum.

The next book can go soooo many ways - can't wait ^^. At least they've got a great team up there.

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

16?! I cannot believe that I have read 16 novels in a series, and am still waiting for more! C.J. Cherryh is a seriously good writer, especially when it comes to creating a world that is both "alien" and believable. I did not give it 5 stars because I felt that it ended too abruptly...almost like the publisher thought the book was too long and wanted to break it into two novels. Looking forward to the number 17.

[Laz the Sailor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only 4 stars? I always give CJ 5 stars. But to be honest, this book was almost all about set-up for this 6th trilogy(!). Hey hey the gang's all here. Just when you thought you'd get a rest, everything comes unglued at once.

Don't misunderstand, if you've read the first 15 books, then you must read this one, and fume for a year until the next one.

[Maurynne Maxwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This long-running series is so wonderful--start with Foreigner. Unexpected actions in the heavens mean Bren does not get much of a rest after securing Tabini's rulership and young Cajeiri's heirship. Humans, as always, complicate things, but a dynasty is forming, and humans will be pulled along. A year is too long to wait for the next chapters!

[Marianne Boutet · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book takes up just after the last one stops. The visiting kids from the station go home, as does Capt. Jase. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief - and then the kyo ship shows up at the fringe of transmission. And then everything is critical and happens very fast - and wonderfully entertaining. I don't even care that it's a cliffhanger ending!

[Helen Hed · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kan inte sluta läsa denna bokserie. Alltid välskrivet.

[Suz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an excellent start to the next sub-trilogy. I liked that Bren is back in space. :)