Semiosis

Halfway through chapter two I really thought I was going to quit, but alas here I am recommending this to folks who are looking for a unique, hard sci-fi. Maybe it's not unique, but for me this seven-generation humans-colonize-a-new-planet story was unexpected and unlike anything I've read. I thought this was going to be about plants (it was killing me) but it really got into the complicated dynamics of the people and their relationships to the native species, about which I was often wondering what are their intentions?! Although I didn't like “Children of Time” I can see this working for those who liked it and vice-versa.