Emily Mamani were just settling in to monitor this year's salmon runs when their research was interrupted by the unprecedented arrival of Brymn, the first member of the alien race known as the Ohryn to ever set foot on Earth.īrymn was an archaeologist, and much of his research had focused on a region of space known as the Chasm, a part of the universe that was literally dead, all of its worlds empty of any life-forms, though traces existed of the civilizations that must once have flourished in the region. And working at Norcoast Base, set in an ideal location just where the Tannu River sped down the west side of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast was the perfect situation for Mac. Mackenzie Connor, Mac to her friends and colleagues, was a trained biologist, whose work had definitely become her life. Senior co-administrator of the Norcoast Salmon Research Facility, Dr.

In Survival, the first novel in her new series, Species Imperative, she draws upon this talent to build races, characters, and a universe which will draw listeners into a magnificent tale of interstellar intrigue, as an Earth scientist is caught up in a terrifying interspecies conflict. Czerneda has earned a reputation in science fiction circles for her ability to create beautifully crafted, imaginative, yet believably realized alien races. And they?ve learned her name.'.Herself a biologist, Julie E. The Chasm of the past was only a trial run, for this species intent on replacing all life with its own. She knows it may mean sacrificing all she loves, including Earth itself. How can it be stopped? Aliens have asked Mac to find that answer. What created the Chasm has awakened once more, to follow its imperative to feed on living worlds. There?s another, darker, migration underway, this time across space.

The only cloud on Mac?s horizon is having to meet with the Oversight Committee to defend any research intrusions into the protected zones on shore. She has no interest in the Interspecies Union, space travel, or the mysterious Chasm, an expanse of dead worlds filled with the ruins of alien civilizations. Mackenzie 'Mac' Connor?s goal in life is to be left in peace to study her salmon and their migration. Where on that scale does one woman fall? Dr. Other than mark on lower text block, this is a tight and unmarked copy-'A threat to entire worlds.

Survival by Julie E. Czerneda