Camouflage (novel)

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Camouflage
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
Author	Joe Haldeman
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	2004
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	296 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0-441-01161-6

Camouflage is a 2004 science fiction novel by Joe Haldeman. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2005 and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 2004.

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A million years prior to the dawn of Homo sapiens, two immortal, shapeshifting aliens roam the Earth with little memory of their origin or their purpose. Later in the year 2019, an artifact is discovered off the coast of Samoa, buried deep beneath the ocean floor. The mysterious find brings two alien beings–the "changeling" and the "chameleon"–together again, to ponder the meaning of the object and its relationship to each other. Both immortals try to seek each other out and use the artifact to find their origins, one harbouring good intentions while the other is extremely hostile.