Foreigner Series, in order

for your reference:

Foreigner
Invader
Inheritor
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Precursor
Defender
Explorer
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Destroyer
Pretender
Deliverer

I think what I like so much about the Foreigner series, besides the atevi in general and certain atevi in particular, is that the plots and themes and characters of those books reveal intelligent, thorough ideas and nascent synergy of ideas on so many levels (and, indeed, on many different subjects, all of which I find personally intriguing). of course, the cultural and linguistic themes are obvious, as well as personality/psychology uncovered in the soul-searching. those are present in many of Cherry's works. the paidhi theme and the assassin's guild theme are not new to Foreigner either, but they take some slightly different approaches here. so, what I mean to say, is that it's not always the story itself, but the issues that the story addresses.