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Fenrille #2
To A Highland Nation
The heir to the first settler of the planet Fenrille must ally her people with the planet's native Fein in order to protect an indigenous material capable of conferring immortality from the humans who would exploit it. Reprint.
- GenresScience Fiction
Mass Market Paperback
First published March 22, 1993
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Christopher Rowley
53 books95 followersChristopher Rowley is a prolific writer of both science fiction and fantasy novels. He was born in 1948 in Lynn, Massachusetts to an American mother and an English father. Educated for the most part at Brentwood School, Essex, England, he became a London-based journalist in the 1970s. In 1977 he moved to New York City and began work on The War For Eternity, his first science fiction novel. He currently lives in upstate New York.
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July 12, 2025
Another excellent installment in the Fenrille series. Each book is loosely linked with one another, but they all stand alone. This is basically another prequel to the War for Eternity that takes place 100 years or so after The Founder. Engaging and thoughtful.
After the destruction of the planned colony by the 'tree monsters' (protectors of the forest) in the Founder, the remaining colonists largely live on the coastal islands or the highlands. The bee like stinging pests (called chitin) that proliferate the highlands are discovered to have a special protein that dramatically increases human life, but to obtain it is quite a struggle. Nonetheless, thriving new colonies in the highlands are becoming wealthy with the drug, but new arrivals on Fenrille from Earth start staging raids and stealing the refined protein.
Our main POV, Fair Fundan, is a member of a highland clan, and after her near death at the hands of coastal raiders, she works to unify the clans to stop the raiding. She also befriends the native Fein, who have been avoiding human conflicts in the highlands, but perhaps Fair can utilize their knowledge (and war craft) to finally defeat the raiders. Good action sequences and a wide cast of nasty protagonists populate the novel, making for a quick, fun read. 4 stars!
After the destruction of the planned colony by the 'tree monsters' (protectors of the forest) in the Founder, the remaining colonists largely live on the coastal islands or the highlands. The bee like stinging pests (called chitin) that proliferate the highlands are discovered to have a special protein that dramatically increases human life, but to obtain it is quite a struggle. Nonetheless, thriving new colonies in the highlands are becoming wealthy with the drug, but new arrivals on Fenrille from Earth start staging raids and stealing the refined protein.
Our main POV, Fair Fundan, is a member of a highland clan, and after her near death at the hands of coastal raiders, she works to unify the clans to stop the raiding. She also befriends the native Fein, who have been avoiding human conflicts in the highlands, but perhaps Fair can utilize their knowledge (and war craft) to finally defeat the raiders. Good action sequences and a wide cast of nasty protagonists populate the novel, making for a quick, fun read. 4 stars!
November 24, 2012
Book #2 in the Fenrile series, a loose four book sequence (The Founder, To A Highland Nation, The War for Eternity, The Black Ship), but written as prequel. Good, solid series. Each book is different, but weave together with great effect.
October 17, 2012
Same series as the Founder and as good.
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