It had been nearly five centuries since the starship Phoenix had become lost in space and had encountered the world of the atevi. On this world where law was kept by registered assassination, war between the humans and atevi was inevitable. Now, 200 years after that conflict,...
THE SPACE OPERA CLASSIC: Discover "one of the best long-running science fiction series in existence" (Publishers Weekly) A sole human diplomat navigates a world inhabited by hostile, intelligent aliens--and learns the consequences of first contact...