Foreigner series

The Foreigner series is a science fiction book series set in a fictional universe created by American writer C. J. Cherryh. The series centers on the descendants of a ship lost in transit from Earth en route to found a new space station. It consists of a series of semi-encapsulated trilogy arcs (or sequences) that focus on the life of Bren Cameron, the human paidhi, a translator-diplomat to the court of the ruling atevi species. Currently twenty-two novels have been published between 1994 and 2023. Cherryh has also self-published two ebook short story prequels to the series, "Deliberations" (October 2012) and "Invitations" (August 2013).

This article is about the fictional universe. For other uses of the term "Foreigner", see Foreigner (disambiguation).

Foreigner series
Foreigner (10th Anniversary Edition)
AuthorC. J. Cherryh
Cover artistMichael Whelan (books 1, 2, 6, & 7), Dorian Vallejo (book 3), Stephen Youll (books 4 & 5), Donato Giancola (books 8 & 9), Todd Lockwood (books 10 onwards)
CountryUnited States
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDAW Books
Published1994–present
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback), audiobook
No. of books21

Cherryh calls the series "First Contact". Four of the books were shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

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