David WeberScience Fiction · Fiction·b. 1952
A beautiful friendship
Synopsis
Stephanie Harrington's dreams of being a forest ranger are upended when her family moves to the untamed frontier planet of Sphinx. Despite her parents' strict rules against unsupervised exploration, Stephanie is determined to discover the planet's secrets. She soon encounters the treecats, an intelligent alien species that are small, clever, and fiercely protective of their friends, leading Stephanie into a dangerous confrontation with Sphinx's most lethal predator.
How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10
Content warnings (1)
Violence