The Luck of Han’anga by Thomas Watson

An age of peaceful exploration has ended.
The long-held dream of meeting an intelligent, nonhuman species has finally come true, in the form of the people known as the Leyra’an. But the dream soon becomes a darker reality when the Leyra’an prove to be more than just humanoid. They are like us to a degree that cannot be explained by chance alone. The search for the answer to this mystery will reveal the galaxy to be stranger and more dangerous than anyone could have imagined, and expose both Humanity and the Leyra’an to the threat of extinction. For better or worse, that search has begun.

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Category: Science Fiction – First Contact

Book Two of Five.
While Robert and Alicia MacGregor, survivors of the ill-fated probeship William Bartram, work to rebuild their lives, the Commonwealth seeks a way to end the long, bitter conflict between the Republic and the Leyra’an. But the leaders of the Republic, suspicious of the motives that drive their long-sundered kin and faced with unrest among their own people, resist the changes that must come for peace to exist. And all the while, forces unseen by either side are at work, determined to force Humanity and the Leyra’an to walk the path of war.