The World Before
by Karen Traviss

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Book Review: What an excellent author Karen Traviss is
Summary: 5 Stars

This is where the book begins, with Ade Bennett trying to get his mind around the horrible yet fantastic thing that has happened to him. Now he too will become an outcast and will forever have to keep himself from his fellow humans (inasmuch as he is human any longer). At the same time he and Aras are trying to deal with their grief over the loss of Shan.

The Wess'har are not having an easy time of it either. For one thing, their leader on F'nar, Nevyan was Shan's good friend. Along with that Nevyan chose to contact the wess'har home planet (towards the end of the previous book) in order to get help in dealing with the selfish and thoughtless humans. The Eqbas turn up, but threaten a major change in wess'har life on F'nar. In many ways they are different from the wess'har - they call themselves Eqbas and consider themselves the galaxy's environmental police, employing any and all means to protect threatened species - especially if they are asked to help.

The isenj foreign ambassador Ual chooses to defy his government and hands over Lindsay Nevill and Mohan Royat to the wess'har, knowing that this might destroy any chance of survival on his home world. Rather than face species extinction he chooses this path.

Eddie, the reporter is in the thick this time as well and discovers that being a journalist does not absolve him of responsibility when reactions to his pieces escalate into more and more violence on Earth.

Then Shan is found drifting in space and brought back to F'nar.

I loved the previous two books in this series, and this book was no exception to the rule. There were certainly parts where the story flowed less freely than in others, but all in all the writing and prose was excellent. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have.

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