Crossing the Line (novel)

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]}

Crossing the Line

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Author	Karen Traviss
Language	English
Series	Wess'Har Series
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	November 2004
Publication place	England
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

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.