PretenderBy: C. J. Cherryh Series: Foreigner The eighth novel in Cherryhs Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences Exhausted from a two year rescue mission in space, the crew of the starship Phoenix return home to find disaster: civil war has broken out, the powerful Western Association has been overthrown, and Tabini aiji, its forceful leader, is missing. In a desperate move, paidhi Bren Cameron and Tabini's