Hidden in Sight by Julie E. Czerneda
reviewed by James Seidman
In the 3rd volume of the Web Shifters series, Esen and her human friend Paul Ragem are ensconced in a comfortable home and running a successful business. A rapid series of events destroys both home and business, and leaves them running for their lives. The attacks are clearly being coordinated by someone who knows that Esen is a shapeshifter. But who? Esen and Paul need to balance hiding and running for their lives with trying to uncover their nemesis.

Beholder's Eye by Julie E. Czerneda
reviewed by Donna McMahon
Esen-alit-Quar is a shapeshifter -- the youngest of six, who are the only shapeshifters in the galaxy. These virtual immortals live camouflaged among the sentient races, always guarding the secret of their existence. Until Esen slips up. On assignment to study the planet Kraos, Esen makes the unexpected discovery that the xenophobic Kraosians are plotting to slaughter members of a galactic first contact expedition.

In the Company of Others by Julie E. Czerneda
reviewed by James Seidman
Would-be colonists have flooded space stations meant as transfer points when Earth discovers the planets have become contaminated. The Quill, small alien filaments carried by some for their relaxing effect, have somehow morphed into a deadly threat. The stations have turned into terribly crowded permanent homes for stranded humans, wondering what Quill are and what happened to the promised land of the terraformed planets.

No Limits and Packing Fraction by Julie E. Czerneda
reviewed by Jean-Louis Trudel
Can SF be used to spark interest in science? No Limits is a textbook built around the stories collected in Packing Fraction. All the stories appear in both, but they are extensively annotated and analyzed in No Limits, which also provides additional information on the authors and pointers to related SF stories. The book uses SF to stimulate fresh and creative thinking about science.

Beholder's Eye by Julie E. Czerneda
reviewed by James Seidman
An alien shapeshifter becomes closer and closer friends with a human. Having few meaningful interactions with another species, she is ill prepared for the consequences that friendship can bring.

A Thousand Words For Stranger by Julie E. Czerneda
reviewed by Jim Seidman
Jim finds the prose of this new writer amazingly competent, as she spins a tale of the far future -- where aliens and humans mingle on a distant planet, and the mysterious mental powers of a people known only as "The Clan" have shaped a very unique society.