From the Bookshelf of Baltimore County Public Library Summer Reading BCPL SRC …

[close] I've discovered that Julie Czerneda doesn't finish a story in one book. Ugh!! Now I have to go buy the next in the series...

Aryl Sarc lives on Cersi with two other races, the Oud and the Tikitik. There is an Agreement between the races that says that nothing changes. The Yena Om'ray (the tribe and race Aryl is a part of) have Power (sort of like psychic power: the ability to move objects without touching them; the ability to tell where the others of their race are, even if they are far away; etc.) New aspects of Power are being discovered with the Yena tribe, at least. This is beginning to upset the Agreement.

Also, some Strangers are visiting Cersi, seeking answers to unknown questions in unknown ruins on the planet. Aryl must deal with the exploding intensity of her Power and the politics of the Agreement in order to attempt to save her tribe from extinction at the hands of those they considered uneasy allies.

Excellent read. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series and the Trade Winds series that comes after chronologically, but before in publication.