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Resurgence by
C.J. CherryhMy rating:
4 of 5 starsTea, strong and sweet.
According to SF Site, "The Foreigner series is about as good as it gets--so finely and densely wrought you may end up dreaming of sable-skinned giants with gold eyes and the silver spun delicacy of interstellar politics."
Indeed.
Some might complain of pacing being too slow. But, once you get used to it, the slow pacing fits: the fine negotiations, the chess games of politics, the point/counterpoint conversations of tea and dinners in the Red Train as Ilsidi, the aiji-dowager and grandmother of Tabini-aijii, has plans on how to "solve the simmering hostilities in the south of the atevi continent" (cover). Bren, human diplomat, and the paidhi-aijii, has been invited along--to help, to counsel, to prevent war? Back, the son of Tabini also is negotiating--growing up--his human friends, his staff, his father and his mother.
It works very well indeed.
More tea, please.
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Published on January 20, 2020 06:51