Crossfire by Nancy Kress

I just finished this book and liked it. I liked the Beggars Trilogy loads better, but this was well done. I really like first contact novels with interesting aliens. I hate the Star Trek aliens-though I like the series and movies-where all of the aliens speak english and basically look very human. I liked that the Vines were not DNA based-like all other known life. I also liked the interesting views on morals in the story. The Vines would not kill the Furs-even though the Furs were mass murdering them. However, they would genetically experiment on Furs in an attempt to incapacitate them as enemies. To the point of creating sick non-functioning experimental groups where many Fur were maimed and killed or listless and had no quality of life. I also liked the morality of the crew. Would you sacrifice the human race to a save an alien race? Would you sacrifice an intelliegent peace loving alien race on the promise of vicious murders that humans would be spared genocide?
~~~~Where ever you go, There you are!