This was a fascinating take on the idea of 'first contact', not the blazing of trumpets and open lines of communication, but something more questionable and subtler. The idea, that it might have been nothing more than a stopover, a 'roadside picnic' blown out of proportion by human curiosity, an abundance of questions and a lack of answers. It wasn't a book that swept me away, but one that crept up on me, with it's questions, it's exploration of what it means to be human.