Precursor (1999)
by C.J. Cherryh
(#6 in Foreigner)


Precursor
National best-selling author and winner of three Hugo Awards, C.J. Cherryh returns to the universe of her acclaimed Foreigner trilogy-with an epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft stranded on a planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient race.

The beginning of a second trilogy, Precursor follows a single human delegate living among aliens, who are just gaining access to space...

Praise for Precursor...

'An addition to Cherryh's superior alien-contact series...Another intriguing human/alien struggle.'-Kirkus Reviews'A powerful look at the effects of alienation on individuals and societies.'-Locus

...and C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner Universe:

'Superlatively drawn aliens and characterization...a return to the anthropological science fiction in which [Cherryh] has made such a name is a double pleasure.'-Chicago Sun-Times

'An incisive study-in-contrast of what it means to be human.'-Library Journal
Pages:
464
Published:
1999-11-01