All they wanted at this point was to steer their beloved Phoenix to a location that would provide them with the basics of life: food and shelter. Saying that they had minimal hitches here and there would be an understatement. The crew then gets lit up by the brilliant idea of trying to refuel the Phoenix, maybe, just maybe it might get them home but the not so-friendly environment of the Sun would not let them. They were stuck in the middle of nowhere, literally! The occupants of this ship had no way to get home or even locate a star known as SOL which would help them get home. The Phoenix on this journey, was transiting colonist’s material that were to be used to extend the trade empire of interstellar of planet Earth. The Phoenix met an ignorable systems malfunction and ultimate failure that leaves the starship and its occupants stranded with merely nowhere to turn to. Cherryh treats her readers to an eye-widening start to the Foreigner series with the breakdown of Phoenix, a starship belonging to the colonists. The presumed heir of the aishidi’tat and he is also the of the famous Tabini. He was assigned this honorable duty by the staff of Tabini alongside Jago.įifth, Jago, This Bren’s soulmate but she also juggles this and the duty of being the female hirable killer for the Guild guard. Fourth comes the embodiment of masculinity and a cousin to Bren, Banichi. Hasdrawad is the Artevi legislation kitchen and parliament. She is reputable for being denied the throne not once by twice by hasdrawad. Third, Ilisidi also known as the Aiji-dowager. He is the leader and the custodian of power for the Artevi. Second, Tabini, a member of the Aiji Shejidan clan. Throughout the Foreigner series, there are permanent characters and seasonal characters who have braced the Foreigner series.įirst and most prominent of all is Bren Cameron who is paidhi-aji, which is a profession associated with translation duties in the Tabini court. The sixth trilogy is set to debut in the bookstores all over America in April 2014. The Foreigner has been divided in to five trilogy or sequences facets and a department of short stories. It highlights their struggles and smiles in their endeavors to find a new home for themselves and their ultimate settlement in Arteva, a green humanoids territory.

Foreigner series is all about the descendants of a ship that was lost on transit on its way to find a new space station.

The collection is written by multiple Hugo Award winning author of science fiction and fantasy, C. Cherryh) is an assortment of fictional sequence stories about a fictional foreigner universe.

Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh