There are 22 books in the Foreigner series. The newest book is Defiance which came out in 2023.

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Foreigner

Book cover of Foreigner
Two hundred years ago, there was war. The humans lost and were exiled to the island of Mospheira, trading titbits of advanced technology for continued peace and a secluded refuge. Only one single human - the paidhi - is allowed off the island and into the dangerous society of their…
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Invader

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

Invader

The second novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

Nearly two centuries after the starship Phoenix disappeared into the heavens, leaving an isolated colony of humans on the world of the atevi, it unexpectedly returns to orbit overhead, threatening the stability…

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Inheritor

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

Inheritor
The third novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

Six months have passed since the reappearance of the starship Phoenix-the same ship which brought a colony of humans to the hostile environment of alien atevi nearly two hundred years ago. During…

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Explorer

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

Book cover of Explorer
The sixth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

It has been nearly ten years since the starship Phoenix returned to Alpha, the station orbiting the world of the atevi, which had been abandoned following a rift between a faction of…

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Destroyer

Destroyer
The seventh novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

It has been two years since the starship Phoenix left Alpha Station on a rescue mission where over four thousand human spacers were under attack by a hostile alien race. Now, exhausted…

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Pretender

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

Book cover of Pretender
The eighth novel in Cherryh's 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…

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Deliverer

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

Book cover of Deliverer
The ninth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

In the aftermath of civil war, the world of the atevi is still perilously unstable. Tabini-aiji, powerful ruler of the Western Association, along with his son and heir Cajeiri, and his human…

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Conspirator

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

Book cover of Conspirator
The tenth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

The civil war among the alien atevi has ended. Tabini-aiji, powerful ruler of the Western Association, along with Cajieri, his son and heir, and his human paidhi, Bren Cameron, have returned to…

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Deceiver

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

Book cover of Deceiver
The eleventh novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

The civil war among the alien Atevi has ended. Tabini-aiji, powerful ruler of the Western Association, along with Cajeiri, his son and heir, has returned to the Bujavid, his seat of power.…

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Betrayer

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

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The twelfth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

In the wake of civil war, Bren Cameron, the brilliant human diplomat of the alien atevi civilization, has left the capital and sought refuge at his country estate, Najida. But now he…

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Intruder

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

Book cover of Intruder
The thirteenth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

Civil war on the world of the atevi is over but diplomatic disputes and political infighting continue unabated. Bren Cameron, brilliant human diplomat allied with the dominant Western Association, has just returned…

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Protector

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

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The fourteenth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

Civil war on the world of the atevi is finally over. Bren Cameron, brilliant human diplomat allied with the dominant Western Association, has finally returned to the capital from the southern coast,…

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Peacemaker

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

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The fifteenth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

Civil war on the world of the atevi is finally over. And Cajeiri, son and heir of Tabini-aiji, atevi leader of the dominant Western Association, is about to celebrate his fortunate ninth…

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Tracker

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

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The sixteenth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

It's been a year of upheaval, since Bren Cameron's return from space-a year when he and the aiji-dowager, one of his most powerful atevi allies, returned home from their two-year interstellar mission…

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Visitor

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

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The seventeenth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences...

The human and atevi inhabitants of Alpha Station, orbiting the world of the atevi, have picked up a signal from an alien kyo ship telling them that the ship is inbound toward…

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Convergence

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

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The eighteenth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences

Alpha Station, orbiting the world of the atevi, has taken aboard five thousand human refugees from a destroyed station in a distant sector of space. With supplies and housing stretched to the…

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Emergence

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The nineteenth book in the beloved Foreigner space opera series begins a new era for human diplomat Bren Cameron, as he navigates the tenuous peace between human refugees and the alien atevi.

Bren Cameron, acting as the representative of the atevi's political leader, Tabini-aiji, as well as translator between humans…

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Resurgence

By C. J. Cherryh , C.J. Cherryh ,

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Now in mass market, the twentieth book in the beloved Foreigner saga returns to the trials of diplomat Bren Cameron, as he navigates the tenuous peace he has struck between human refugees and the alien atevi.

Bren Cameron, diplomat in residence, usually represents the ruler of the atevi state. But…

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Divergence

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The twenty-first book in the beloved Foreigner saga continues the adventures of diplomat Bren Cameron, advisor to the atevi head of state.

The overthrow of the atevi head of state, Tabini-aiji, and the several moves of enemies even since his restoration, have prompted major changes in the Assassins' Guild, which…

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Defiance

Book cover of Defiance
The 22nd book in the beloved Foreigner saga continues the adventures of diplomat Bren Cameron as he navigates the tenuous peace he has struck between human refugees and the alien atevi.

In the east, outright warfare has tied down the Assassins' Guild, and that region is in confusion. Ready to…