CAMOUFLAGE
Joe Haldeman
Easton Press 2004
Genuine leather binding with gold gilding on edges
Limited Edition #831/900
Signed by Author
Book is in like new condition, with minor dulling to gilding on top right edge
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Camouflage is a 2004 science fiction novel by American writer Joe Haldeman. It won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 2004 and the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2005.
Parts of the novel were originally serialized in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (March, April and May, 2004).
Plot summary
A million years prior to the dawn of Homo sapiens, two immortal, shapeshifting aliens roam the Earth with little memory of their origin or their purpose. In the year 2019, an artifact is discovered off the coast of Samoa, buried deep beneath the ocean floor. The mysterious find attracts the alien beings — the "changeling" and the “chameleon” — to Samoa, where one ponders the meaning of the object and the other speculates on its relationship to each of them. Both immortals seek each other for different reasons: one harbors good intentions toward humanity, while the other is extremely hostile.