In this 8th book of Cherryh's remarkably long-lived series that began with Foreigner more than a decade ago, human translator to the atevi Bren Cameron is swept up in events sparked by a coup that removed the atevi aiji Tabini from power. Will Tabini be restored to his rightful position as head of the Western Association, the alien government that works most closely with the human enclave sequestered on a nearby island continent? All the usual suspects return to the stage for this "second book of the third Foreigner series."

(Source: DAW Hardcover)