[insane_dreamer]

The depiction of the alien is something I really liked about that book - the concept of having to cooperate with an alien species rather than with being subjugated or subjugating, was refreshingly new (for me).

[BobaFloutist]

If you liked that, may I suggest the Foreigner series by C.J. Cherryh, or, really, almost anything else by her. But especially the Foreigner series.