The Foreigner universe is a fictional universe developed by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. The series centers around the descendants of a ship lost in transit from Earth en route to found a new space station. It consists 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 Aiji of the atevi aishidi'tat. Currently thirteen novels have been published between 1994 and 2012, a fourteenth book is awaiting publication, and a fifteenth is in progress. In October 2012 Cherryh self-published on ebook a short story prequel to the series entitled "Deliberations".
Cherryh calls the series "First Contact."
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