num_pages: 345
description: In the far future humans have colonized a distant planet home to the enigmatic Ariekei sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak.Avice Benner Cho a human colonist has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue but she is an indelible part of it having long ago been made a figure of speech a living simile in their language.When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset. Catastrophe looms and Avice is torn between competing loyaltiesto a husband she no longer loves to a system she no longer trusts and to her place in a language she cannot speak yet speaks through her.
language: English
title: Embassytown
publisher: Del Rey