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Pretender by C. J. Cherryh · Booklabria

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Pretender

Science FictionAmerican Science fiction

Pretender

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ForeignerBook 8 of 17

Book 8, Pretender, this book
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First published: 2006
Language: English
Editions: 3
Series: Foreigner, 8

Synopsis

The epic tale of the human survivors of a lost spacecraft, marooned on a planet inhabited by a hostile alien race, follows the civilization's rise from the age of steam through early space flight to confrontations with other alien species in distant sectors of space.

Subjects: Science Fiction
Science Fiction, Space Opera
American Science fiction
Life on other planets
Space warfare
Human-alien encounters

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