Books like The World Before by Karen Traviss
When a human military mission arrives on Bezer'ej, it confronts three distinct alien cultures. One sentient race has been annihilated, leaving the remaining bezeri and wess'har on the brink of war. The wess'har, guardians of the destroyed population, fail to meet their duty, provoking outrage and a call for justice from Earth and the distant home world of the wess'har. The story hinges on the aftermath of genocide and the unforeseen influence of Shan Frankland, a former police officer whose transformation into something beyond human shapes the fate of all involved.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Karen Traviss
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