

Deana Hanks, his eventual successor, took over his job after Tabini stashed him away during the events of the previous book, and now she refuses to leave even though it puts her in violation of the Treaty.

What do the ship folk want? Does Mospheira plan to deal with them and, if so, where does that leave the Treaty with the atevi?īren, still in a bit of pain (and, at the very beginning, foggy due to pain killers), finds himself in an extremely difficult position. The starship Phoenix, the one that originally brought humans to the planet, has reappeared, and everyone is concerned. Bren is barely out of surgery before he's called back to work. Invader picks up pretty much where Foreigner left off. Invader is science fiction, the second book in Cherryh's Foreigner series.
