Marks of Our Brothers Author:Jane Lindskold A linguistics expert deciphers a message and learns aliens from a new planet are capable of emotion, but the government is suppressing the information and she is alone in her battle to save the creatures with sparkling metallic eyes.
I've not been disappointed by any of Jane Lindskold's books. The book raises questions about how humans classify "intelligence" in a species. This book is a good read.
Lindskold does it again--gets into the head of other-than-human beings and makes their differences seem perfectly logical and reasonable ... for them.
The title comes from a Rudyard Kipling poem:
"Feet that leave no mark
Eyes that see in the dark
Ears that can hear the winds in their lairs
And sharp, white teeth
These are the marks of our brothers . . ."