Praise for the Foreigner series:
"C.J. Cherryh's splendid
Foreigner series remains
at the top of my must-keep-up reading list after two decades." --
Locus
"This is the kind of anthropological SF of which
[Cherryh] is an acknowledged master." --
Booklist "
A seriously probing, thoughtful, intelligent piece of work, with more insight in half a dozen pages than most authors manage in half a thousand." --
Kirkus Reviews
"One of the best long-running SF series in existence...Cherryh
remains one of the most talented writers in the field." --
Publishers Weekly
"This is
one of the best science fiction series currently running....by this point, the series has turned into a complicated set of thrillers involving political and factional turmoil, as well as a close and detailed examination of the troubled interactions between human and alien cultures." --Strange Horizons
"My favorite science fiction series is C. J. Cherryh's
Foreigner Universe.
Cherryh deftly balances alien psychology and human vanities in a character caught between being human and part of an alien race." --
Denver Post "Cherryh plays her strongest suit in this exploration of human/alien contact, producing
an incisive study-in-contrast of what it means to be human in a world where trust is nonexistent." --
Library Journal
"A large new novel from C.J. Cherryh is always welcome. When it marks her return to the anthropological SF in which she has made such a name, it is a double pleasure. The ensuing story is not short on action, but stronger (like much of Cherryh's work) on world-building, exotic aliens, and characterization.
Well up to Cherryh's usual high standard." --
The Chicago Sun-Times "[Cherryh] avoids any kind of slump with a
quick-moving and immediately engaging plotline, and by balancing satisfying resolutions with plenty of promises and ominous portents that are sure to keep readers' appetites whetted." --
RT Reviews
"These are thinking man's reads with
rich characters and worlds and fascinating interactions that stretch out over many generations." --SFFWorld
"Cherryh's forte is her
handling of cross-cultural conflicts, which she does by tying her narrative to those things her point-of-view character would know, think, and feel."--SFRevu
"The
Foreigner series is about
as good as it gets...so finely and densely wrought that you may end up dreaming of sable-skinned giants with gold eyes, and the silver spun delicacy of interstellar politics." --SF Site