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Crossing the Line (novel)

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Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line
AuthorKaren Traviss
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWess'Har Series
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
November 2004
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages384 pp
ISBN978-0-06-054170-5
OCLC56896726
LC ClassCPB Box no. 2303 vol. 10
Preceded byCity of Pearl 
Followed byThe World Before 

Crossing the Line is a novel written by Karen Traviss in November 2004. It is the second book of the Wess'Har Series.[1] Its predecessor was called City of Pearl, published in February of the same year. Some of the main characters include Shan Frankland, hardened copper now infected with c'naatat; Aras, the lonely Wess'har, outcast by his horrible disease; Eddie Michallat, journalist who finds himself in a position to affect history; and Lindsay Neville, the Marines Commander trying to deal with the loss of her newborn son David, and bent on revenge on Shan.

Plot summary

The book concerns the struggle of Shan Frankland, a police officer in the year 2376, to cope with biological changes that have been made to her body by an alien species.

References

  1. ^ Janine Stinson (2006). "Series Seconds". Internet Review of Science Fiction. Retrieved 20 November 2014.