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Crossing the Line
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AuthorKaren Traviss
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWess'Har Series
GenreScience fiction
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
November 2004
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages385
ISBN978-0-06-054170-5
OCLC56896726
LC ClassCPB Box no. 2303 vol. 10
Preceded byCity of Pearl 
Followed byThe World Before 

Crossing the Line is a 2004 science fiction novel by British writer Karen Traviss. 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.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Plot summary

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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.

References

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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.
  2. ^ Carter, Stuart (2005). "City of Pearl / Crossing the Line". SF Site. Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  3. ^ Bedford, Rob H. (2004-12-20). "Crossing the Line by Karen Traviss". SFFWorld. Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  4. ^ Letson, Russell (November 2004). "Crossing the Line, Karen Traviss". Locus. Vol. 53, no. 5 #526. p. 67. Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  5. ^ Miller, Faren (January 2005). "Crossing the Line, Karen Traviss". Locus. Vol. 54, no. 1 #54. p. 22. Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  6. ^ "Crossing the Line". Science Fiction Chronicle. Vol. 27, no. 3. March 2005. p. 22.
  7. ^ Barron, Neil; Barron, Tom; Burt, Daniel S.; Hudak, Melissa; Meredith, D.R.; Ramsdell, Kristin; Schantz, Tom; Schantz, Enid, eds. (2005). What Do I Read Next 2005: A reader's Guide to Current Genre Fiction, Fantasy, Popular fiction, Romance, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Historical, Inspirational, Western. Farmington Hill, Michigan: Gale. p. 298. ISBN 0-7876-9021-X. ISSN 1052-2212. Retrieved 2024-03-19 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ Sullivan, Heather I. (2010-08-18). "Unbalanced Nature, Unbounded Bodies, and Unlimited Technology: Ecocriticism and Karen Traviss' Wess'har Series". Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society. 30 (4). doi:10.1177/0270467610373821.