When a disabled spaceship enters Earth's atmosphere, seven members of the advanced Tosok race are welcomed by the world. Then a popular scientist is murdered, and all evidence points to one of the Tosoks. Now, an alien is tried in a court of law-and there may be far more at stake than accounting for one human life.
This a very good effort by Mr. Sawyer and I enjoyed the book. He tackles a lot of issues here, but ultimately, the story becomes a little frayed towards the end.