National best-selling author and winner of three Hugo Awards, C.J. Cherryh returns to the universe of her acclaimed Foreigner trilogy-with an epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft stranded on a planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient race.The beginning of a second trilogy, Precursor follows a single human delegate living among aliens, who are just gaining access to space....Praise for Precursor... and "An addition to Cherryh's superior alien-contact series...Another intriguing human alien struggle. and "-Kirkus Reviews and "A powerful look at the effects of alienation on individuals and societies. and "-Locus...and C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner Universe: and "Superlatively drawn aliens and characterization...a return to the anthropological science fiction in which [Cherryh] has made such a name is a double pleasure. and "-Chicago Sun-Times and "An incisive study-in-contrast of what it means to be human. and "-Library Journal