Survival (Species Imperative, 1) - Hardcover

Biologist Dr. Mackenzie Connor, while monitoring salmon runs at Field Station Six, is forced into helping an alien archaeologist discover the truth behind the mysterious area of space known as the Chasm after her partner is kidnapped and the Earth is attacked by an alien race called the Ro.

Julie E. Czerneda is a biologist and writer whose science fiction has received international acclaim, awards, and best-selling status. She is the author of the popular "Species Imperative" trilogy, the "Web Shifters" series, the "Trade Pact Universe" trilogy and her new "Stratification" novels. She was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her stand-alone novel, In the Company of Others, won Canada's Prix Aurora Award and was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award for Distinguished SF. Julie lives with her husband and two children in the lake country of central Ontario, under skies so clear they could take seeing the Milky Way for granted, but never do. You can find her at www.czerneda.com.