Издания и произведения

It has been two years since the starship Phoenix left Alpha Station on a rescue mission to a faraway sector of space where over four thousand human spacers were under attack by a hostile alien race. Now, the Phoenix is almost home, having successfully rescued the stranded colonists through the combined negotiating talents of Bren Cameron-brilliant human paidhi to the atevi court, currently representing Tabini-aiji, the atevi ruler-and of Tabini's grandmother Ilisidi, the aiji-dowager, a fearsome, wily, and ambitious atevi leader in her own right. Fortunately, both Bren and Ilisidi have considerable experience with alien interface, since…