n the east, outright warfare has tied down the Assassins' Guild, and that region is in confusion. Ready to hand is an age-old feud in the west, where the Master of Ashidama Bay has long hated the Edi people of the north shore and equally hated the Aishidi’tat for bringing the Edi to his shores—and hatred is a resource the Shadow Guild knows how to use to its advantage. Bren Cameron is tasked with getting Ilisidi, the aiji-dowager, back to the capital alive, on an urgent basis. But events are cascading down on the south, the Guild is stretched thin in the east, and the Shadow Guild is within striking distance of critical targets that could bring war to the entire south. Two lives stand in the breach, two lives the aishidi'tat would not willingly risk—Ilisidi and Bren—and the Shadow Guild will spend anything and everything to take them out. The Foreigner series sets the standard for sci-fi first contact sagas—a smart, probing, engaging sociopolitical narrative from an acknowledged master of the genre.

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C.J. Cherryh
Cherryh er en amerikansk forfatterinde som er en af de mest produktive og bedste navne både inden for fantasy og SF. Hun begyndte at skrive i slutningen af 60'ernem men det var i 1976 at hun slog rigtigt igennem med det første bind i hendes "Morgaine" serie; "Gate of Ivrel". Siden har hun skrevet romaner som var alt lige fra fantasy til hard SF. Mange af hendes SF-romaner foregår i "Union-Alliance" universet, se f. eks. "Chanur"-bøgerne, eller "Downbelow Station" som vandt en Hugo pris i 1981. Hendes seneste projekt er en SF-serie uden for hendes sædvanelige univers; serien starter med "Precursor," og der er nu 8 bøger i serien med flere på vej. Desuden har Cherryh også skrevet fantasy serien som starter med "Fortress in the Eye of Time."