Face of the Enemy (novel)

Infobox Book |
name = Face of the Enemy


image_caption = Cover of the First edition of "Face of the Enemy"
author = Richard Fawkes
cover_artist = Richard Rossiter
country = United States
language = English
series = Remor War
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = HarperCollins
release_date = July 1, 1999
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 537 pp (Paperback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-06-105795-9 (Paperback edition)
followed_by = Nature of the Beast

"Face of the Enemy" is a Science fiction novel by Richard Fawkes

Plot introduction

Humanity is fighting off the attacks of the alien Remor. The Remor attack without warning and leave nothing behind. The Interstellar Defense League monitors each sector, and tires to fight the attacks at every turn. However, the Pan-Stellar Combine, the Serenten Concordat, the Alsion Institute, the Mercantile Union, and the Federated Star Nations do not all agree with the League’s policies, nor do they feel threatened. As the League tries to stop the Remor, new alien races are found that seem to be related to the dreaded enemy. The new races are studied, and the results are not those expected.

Explanation of the novel's title

Investigation of the “enemy” turns up that not all is as it seems.

Plot summary

As the League fights to prevent Remor incursions, Juliana Tindale and Kurt Ellicot join a group going to Chugen IV to study a newfound alien race, the Chugeni. Through a faked attack on the landing party, their shuttle crashes and the survivors move in with the natives to survive and await rescue. When they discover the attack was a hoax, they work to save the natives by proving that they are not the Remor.

Characters in "Face of the Enemy"

*Kurt Ellicot – A socioxenologist
*Juliana Tindale – A socioxenologist and Alsion “spy”
*Anders Seaborg – League Marine
*Christoph Stone – Ship and later Fleet commander that fights against the Remor
*Ken Konoye – Managing Director and discoverer of the Chugen star system

Major themes

Unexplained alien attacks and ferocity draw a like response from humans.
Curiosity leads to discovery.

Release details

*1999, U.S., HarperPrism ISBN 0-06-105795-9, Pub date 1 July 1999, Paperback