Attacked by rebel forces hoping to kill not only him, but also Ilisidi, the grandmother, and Cajieri, the young son, of Tabini-aiji, the powerful head of the Western Association, Bren and his resourceful associates have had a small war of their own to contend with. But his sojourn was anything but restful. Bren Cameron, brilliant human diplomat allied with the dominant Western Association, has just returned to the capital from his country home on the coast. Cherryh - Mass Market Paperback DescriptionĬivil war on the world of the atevi seems to be over, but diplomatic disputes and political infighting continue unabated.
Reading opinions gives you with a a good deal of fuller data in the cons and pros in the Intruder - C.J. This online sellers supply the best and low expense cost which included super save shipping for Intruder - C.J. Cherryh is real subtle about the totally-not-Japanese thing. Best Review Intruder - C.J. **: One of the main Atevi characters is named Banichi - as in, Ichiban with the characters swapped around. *: May actually refer to several trunks, maintained by his ever-vigilant staff. I liked this book a lot, is what I'm trying to say. I have wanted one of the Atevi books to have its action resolved politically for quite some time now, and Intruder is it! Plus Cajieri gets a pet, and there is wrangling about the Aiji's heir, and lots of stuff about ceramics and politically motivated gifting. That said, the Atevi books are about diplomacy and politics. Now, if you've been reading my book posts for a while, you will not be surprised to hear that there are many books I enjoy that have violent climaxes.
Intruder is also one of my favorite installments in the Atevi series because of what it doesn't do, which is have the climax hinge on violence (or, y'know, poisoning). That's a long time to be living out a suitcase!*) (Seriously, the poor guy hasn't occupied his own apartment since Defender, or maybe even Precursor. Cherryh, Intruder: This the 13th of Cherryh's Atevi books, and I feel it does a much better job at being an individually worthwhile book than Betrayer did, in addition to having a title that doesn't make me want to shout, "Traitor! The word is Traitor!" There is a lot of interpersonal stuff, and political maneuvering, all of which is worthy and good, but the big news is that Bren gets his apartment back. Yay! This matches my intuition about what the ratio should have been much better.Ĭ.J. Cherryh's Intruder this month as well, which brings the books read count to 4 women of 9 authors.
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