I'm not sure if I have read this book out of order...I may have. It is now 1000 years after the first human couple was kidnapped by the Cerik and taken as slaves to the poisonous (to us) planet Ko. (U'tanse is the closest the Cerik can get to pronouncing "humans.) The U'tanse have multiplied and now populate and serve most Cerik settlements. Recently a group (rapidly becoming larger) of free U'tanse who have escaped and are having their own children have increased that population. The protagonist, Joshua, was born free, though, of coure, all of them have to hide because the Cerik want to demolish all people who don't serve them.
Again I love this series and this author. Marked by richly drawn environment, science, characters, and story these books are always a joy to return to.
I have now started my friend, Larry Sanders' book, Incoming, Memories of a Combat Medic Growing Up Poor Getting Drafted to Vietnam Coming Home and Coming Out. I have done the math and Larry has been one of my best friends for 41 years. I knew he served in Viet Nam as a combat medic, but the visualization of that was always incongruous to me. Larry is one of the gentlest, most caring, most tender hearted, animal lovers and humane human beings I have ever met. Seeing him in a war zone just doesn't track. The Introduction by his writing teacher and his own preface blew me away because the incongruity is explained openly and honestly. This book is the culmination of a man now in his 60s remembering and coming to grips with this extremely disturbing part of his life. Though I had heard some of the stories before, certainly not this completely. Thank you, Larry, for sharing this. I'm delighted to have a lot left to read.
Oh, Goodreads.com thinks this is only available on Kindle. Wrong-O. The paperback book is on Amazon. It is sitting in front of me right now.
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