The first book in C.J.Cherryh's eponymous series, Foreigner begins an
epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft who crash-land on a
planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient alien race. From its beginnings
as a human-alien story of first contact, the Foreigner series has become
a true science fiction odyssey, following a civilization from the age of
steam through early space flight to confrontations with other alien
species in distant sectors of space. It is the masterwork of a truly
remarkable author.