Written by: Karen Lord
First line: He always set aside twelve days of his annual retreat to finish reports and studies, and that left twelve more for everything else.
Why you should read this book: This provocative far-future speculative fiction novel sees a low-level civil servant scientist, Grace Delarua, thrust onto a deeply meaningful year-long diplomatic mission to help displaced people, including the reserved, always-appropriate Dllenahkh, survey the human resources of their new home. Following the destruction of their own planet, where most Sadiri women lived, the survivors settle on Cygnus Beta, and must determine how best to preserve their genetic and cultural heritage; specifically they need to start getting married to non-Sadiris and popping out the babies before they get testosterone poisoning and stop behaving appropriately, but since they're basically Vulcans, this is easier said than done. Meanwhile, Grace, Dllenahkh, and their team are about to come face to face with numerous hidden truths about Cygnus Beta, the nature of reality, and the meaning of love.
Why you shouldn't read this book: There's so much world building and so many characters and so many plot points that I couldn't always keep score, and it seemed to me that not every question was answered by the end of the book.
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