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Monster is in the Eye of the Beholder
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A compelling novella about a first contact gone horribly wrong

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Marva
Mar 24, 2013 rated it it was amazing
This is an excellent book. Note that I rarely give 5 stars to anything so I'll have some wiggle room on a review.

Prf. Oliva and her xenoanthropological team are secretly invited to Kal-fa. Why the secrecy? The entities of Kal-fa are considered to be the spiritual guides of the Chu-nesians, the people who live in the same system, but the next planet inward.

What they find there startle, enchant, and disturb the team. The two women, after their initial shock at the nature of the Kal-fas (not sure i
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