| Two races facing extinction. Can they save each other? And who will pay the price of the Samaritan? Kyle Bonar, an anthropologist on a Starborn generation ship, spearheads the movement to save the primitive Kalryn from their dying world. When a Kalryn leader steals his future wife and kills most of the landing party, Kyle discovers who must pay the price. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes Explore: Spying & Investigations Yes What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement Inner Struggle Yes Plotlet: - - search for identity/new understanding - change of heart Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Cultural problems, alien culture Yes Culture clash- - one culture tries to impose its culture on another group Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Alien Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Terrain Spaceship setting: - really, really giant spaceship/station A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - unfriendly aliens - primitive aliens - empty, or nearly empty world Planet outside solar system? Yes Takes place in spaceship? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only) - a significant amount of technical jargon Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of touching personal anatomy - licking - impregnation/reproduction - society controls main character's sexing - actual description of sex How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog |
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