Crossing the Line (novel)

Crossing the Line
	Crossing the Line
Author	Karen Traviss
Country	England
Language	English
Series	Wess'Har Series
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	November 2004
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	385
ISBN	978-0-06-054170-5
OCLC	56896726
LC Class	CPB Box no. 2303 vol. 10
Preceded by	City of Pearl
Followed by	The World Before

Crossing the Line is a science fiction novel by British writer Karen Traviss, published 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.

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References

Janine Stinson (2006). "Series Seconds". Internet Review of Science Fiction. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

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[1] Janine Stinson (2006). "Series Seconds". Internet Review of Science Fiction. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.