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ISBN:	0756406544 (ISBN13: 9780756406547)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Foreigner #12

Betrayer (Foreigner #12) Hardcover | Pages: 328 pages

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Betrayer (Foreigner, Book 12)

The twelfth novel in Cherryh’s Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences…

In the wake of civil war, Bren Cameron, the brilliant human diplomat of the alien atevi civilization, has left the capital and sought refuge at his country estate, Najida. But now he is trapped inside Najida—which has been surrounded by enemies—with Ilisidi, the powerful grandmother of his ally, Tabini-aiji, atevi leader of the Western Association. But Ilisidi, the wily and dangerous aiji-dowager, is not inclined to be passive, and in a brazen maneuver sends Bren into enemy territory, to the palace of Machigi, the leader of the rebels.

Bren's mission is to negotiate with Machigi—a young atevi lord who has never actually seen a human—and somehow persuade him to cease his hostile actions against the West. Bren knows that the autocratic Machigi rules a fractious clan, and that his hospitality is not guaranteed. Bren's genius for negotiation enable him to make a daring trade offer to Machigi—one that seems to interest the young warlord. But Machigi is suspicious of Ilisidi's motives, and, to Bren's utter shock, evokes an ancient law that jeopardizes Bren's life. Can Bren stay alive and not alienate Ilisidi or Tabini, while also representing the interests of their enemy?

The long-running Foreigner series can also be enjoyed by more casual genre readers in sub-trilogy installments. Betrayer is the 12th Foreigner novel, and the 3rd book in the fourth subtrilogy.

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Title	:	Betrayer (Foreigner #12)
Author	:	C.J. Cherryh
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 328 pages
Published	:	April 5th 2011 by DAW
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction

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BetrayerIn my prior review of Deceiver I commented on how impossible it was to enter the series from that book because of the sheer weight of all that had gone before and how nobody should expect a writer to be able to do that. Then at the beginning of Betrayer, CJ Cherryh pretty much does so and makes it coherent and cogent with little evident effort. Drat.Now that said, a summary is not a substitute for knowledge. If I told you War and Peace was essentially, Napoleon invades Russia, goes badly

I love this series so much. This one got off to kind of a slow start, and partway through the middle so many seemingly disparate things kept happening that I wasn't sure where it would lead, but it all came together at the end quite neatly. There was a bit of "deus ex-machina" that brought the resolution at the end, though if you're familiar with the series you know that doesn't mean everything is resolved forever, and doesn't negate or belittle the part everyone else played in the path to get

4 3/4 stars. Human Bren Cameron is still carefully negotiating his way through the labyrinthine machinations of the atevi and ends up occupying the ancient role of the white ribbon holder and acting as one who represents the loyalty of BOTH sides in the negotiations between aiji dowager (Ilisidi) and the formerly reviled Lord Machigi of Marid. His job might be a bit easier if a)the dowager had actually given instructions, b)young Cajeiri's renegade Guild Assassin Lucasi was not a loose cannon,

Ms. Cherryhs works have been a favorite of mine for some time; shes the only author I buy in hard without thinking about things. I love the writing, the complex characters, the twisting plots, and seeing very minor characters contributing like secondary character in other authors works. In Betrayer we have the continuing saga of Bren Cameron, a human whos the translator/intermediary/technical diplomat between humans and Atevi (for those that havent followed the series there are 11 previous

As has become the norm for this series, the final books in the sub-trilogies are always the most action packed. Betrayer was no exception.It's interesting to watch Bren bring all these different, fractious folks together. They just make me want to do violence on them, but he manages to wade through all that and find the connections. I like that.



3.5 of 5. Endeavour Award. Book 12 (also book 3 of series 4) of the Foreigner Series. These books are always exhausting - this one included. Some of the better aliens and alien societies out there. But each of the book is a very abbreviated set of time - a couple of days to a week - centered around Bren the human ambassador to the Atevi - heavy on dialogue, politics and fleeing. I got tired of this series a long time ago and only came back to it for the Endeavour award. And yet I'd bet it'd be