A Thousand Words for Stranger
{4.5/5} “You have touched the M’hir. Part of our unconscious selves is always there, mingling on some level with all other living Clan, as the air on your ship moves in and out of all our bodies. The M’hir is inseparable from the Clan; it gives us abilities and strengths your species needs machines to accomplish. But the M’hir has also been a curse to some.”
A Thousand Words for Stranger by Julie E. Czerneda, published in 1997
The woman who followed Morgan to his ship has lost her memory of who she is — she remembers other things, though. And there’s an insistent voice in her head, telling her to leave the planet.
Meanwhile, her partner Barac is chatting with the humans who rescued him from attackers when he finds out that his brother has been killed. Barac and his amnesiac partner Sira are members of the Clan, a mysterious telepathic species.
It’s about figuring out who you are while running from people chasing you. It’s about what you can do when you can communicate telepathically.
This is Czerneda’s first novel, but it doesn’t have the feel of a first novel — she bursts on the scene with an assured voice.
This is the 2nd time I’ve read it.
I’ve read 13 books by Czerneda. I previously reviewed To Each This World.