The release date for the English version of 'Foreigner' by
C.J. Cherryh is Dec 2004. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The epic story of the survivors of a lost spaceship who crash-land on a planet inhabited by a hostile, intelligent alien civilization is told in the first book of C.J. Cherryh's namesake series, Foreigner.
The Foreigner series, which started out as a first-contact tale between humans and aliens, has evolved into a genuine science fiction epic that chronicles a civilization from the steam era to early space travel and encounters with other alien species in far-off reaches of space. It is the masterpiece of an extremely talented writer.