The World Before
The World Before by Karen Traviss, published by Harper Collins on October 25, 2005, is a first edition work comprising 400 pages. This science fiction narrative unfolds as a military mission from Earth encounters three distinct alien races on the planet Bezer’ej. Following the extermination of one sentient species, the remaining two races find themselves on the verge of conflict, highlighting the consequences of human intervention.
Readers will explore the aftermath of the fragile bezeri’s destruction and the failure of the powerful wess’har protectors to uphold their obligations. The story delves into themes of justice and accountability, as those from the World Before prepare to confront the implications of humanity’s actions. The fate of Earth hangs in the balance, influenced by the legacy of former police officer Shan Frankland, who transcended her humanity before her demise in the depths of space.
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Three strikingly different alien races
greeted the military mission from Earth
when it reached the planet called Bezer’ej.
Now one of the sentient species
has been exterminated—and two others
are poised on the brink of war.
The fragile bezeri are no more, due to the ignorant, desperate actions of human interlopers. The powerful wess’har protectors have failed in their sworn obligation to the destroyed native population—and the outrage must be redressed.
But those who are coming to judge from the World Before — the home planet, now distant and alien to the wess’har, whose ancestors left there generations ago — will not restrict their justice to the individual humans responsible for the slaughter. Earth itself must answer for the genocide. And its ultimate fate may depend on a dead woman: former police officer Shan Frankland, who became something far greater than human before destroying herself in the vast airless depths of space.
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