Story about first contact with aliens - filled with political intrigue, danger, narrow escapes, and the empath human pretty much "going native" and falling for one of the natives . . . (I know, pretty typical)
CJ Cherryh and key words like "golden" keep springing to mind, but my searching is proving fruitless . . .
There was a sequel to this book, also -
I first found it over a decade ago - it was a paperback, and somewhat (not much) older than that . . .
Any ideas?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Well, when you say Cherryh and "golden" and "going native," I immediately think of the Faded Sun books. But an empath who goes native is more like, well, most of her other books. Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Yeah - except it was a female protagonist.
What other tidbits do I remember? There was this odd chess-like board game they played, and I think the alien species were somewhat lizard-like . . . it seems like their young were hatched, but the egg-sack was ripped open by the parent using a finger that was extra, maybe?
What other authors wrote similar stuff? Any ideas?
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Hmmm - it looks interesting, but it's (unfortunately) not the one I recall . . .
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
YES!!!!!
So, at 4:30 am I remember more details. The protagonist was named Christy, an envoy. She was the first human invited past the starport to get to know the "goldens" better - part of a trade delegation.
The society was very "feudal" and not technologically advanced . . . albeit not without several surprises of their own . . .
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