C. J. Cherryh Libri

Freedom era un pianeta isolato, lontano dalle rotte spaziali e raramente visitato da commercianti. Non era che Freedom fosse inospitale come pianeti. Il problema era che gli estranei - turisti e commercianti - sostenevano che le strade fossero affollate di personaggi misteriosi in tuniche blu e di membri di una specie aliena. Tuttavia, gli umani nativi sostenevano che non fosse così. Non c'erano tuniche blu e né alieni. Tale era il punto di vista sia di Herrin, l'artista, che di Waden, l'autocrate, fino a quando una crisi di identità planetaria costrinse a un confronto tra la questione della realtà e la realtà della questione . . .

Questo è un romanzo composito, decisamente atipico nella produzione della Cherryh. E' la storia di uomini che hanno raggiunto le stelle e calcato il suolo di lontani pianeti, ma che hanno serbato nel cuore il ricordo della Terra, la culla dell'umanità. Però alcuni non hanno abbandonato il pianeta natale per le stelle, e hanno preferito i vecchi cieli e i venti del loro mondo che nella sua storia ha visto un'infinità di trionfi e di miserie. Con gli uomini, a sfidare il crepuscolo della Terra, sono rimaste alcune città, assai diverse da quelle di un tempo, ma ancora dotate ognuna di una propria individualità e dell'antico orgoglio. Questa è la loro storia...

Bren and Illisidi must protect young prince Cajeiri and the human children who have come to visit for his birthday from the dangerous split compromising the Assassin's Guild.

In the fifteenth installment of Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, civil war on the atevi world has ended, and Cajeiri, the heir of Tabini-aiji, is set to celebrate his ninth birthday. Bren Cameron, a skilled human diplomat, has arranged for Cajeiri's three special friends from the starship Phoenix to join the festivities. After a turbulent year, this celebration signifies safety and stability, with the aiji back in power and the world watching. However, Bren uncovers alarming evidence of compromised security within the aiji's high office. The Assassins' Guild, crucial to law enforcement and protection in atevi society, is under the control of a man intent on regressing the world by two centuries. Bren learns of a decades-old plot woven through Guild actions, and the imminent public celebration presents the perfect opportunity for the enemy to strike. With the lives of Cajeiri, his innocent human guests, and the ruling family at risk, Bren and his allies must act decisively. They face a critical choice: make the first move or risk losing everything. This installment can be enjoyed by casual readers as part of the broader series.

The starship Phoenix is nearing the Reunion station after a year-long journey. The mission is clear: to determine if any humans have survived and, if so, to bring them aboard. However, the ship's command suspects that the task will not be straightforward, a sentiment echoed by Bren Cameron, a high-ranking member of the atevi delegation. The human government has a troubling tendency to deceive those it governs, making it essential to seek out the truth independently. What is the real story behind the aliens who attacked the station? Was the assault unprovoked, or is the ship responsible? As Phoenix finally enters the star system containing Reunion, Bren realizes that his unique skills as a diplomat and interpreter will be more crucial than ever in this new world.

They were the mri—tall, secretive, bound by honor and the rigid dictates of their society. For aeons this golden-skinned, golden-eyed race had provided the universe mercenary soldiers of almost unimaginable ability. But now the mri have faced an enemy unlike any other—an enemy whose only way of war is widespread destruction. These "humans" are mass fighters, creatures of the herb, and the mri have been slaughtered like animals. Now, in the aftermath of war, the mri face extinction. It will be up to three individuals to save whatever remains of this devastated race: a warrior—one of the last survivors of his kind; a priestess of this honorable people; and a lone human—a man sworn to aid the enemy of his own kind. Can they retrace the galaxy-wide path of this nomadic race back through millennia to reclaim the ancient world which first gave them life? "This is a powerful story…inspiring in its determination and feeling of strange loyalties and stranger courage. It sticks in the mind long after the last page is finished."-- Analog

The nineteenth book in C.J. Cherryh's beloved Foreigner space opera series begins a new era for diplomat Bren Cameron, as he navigates the tenuous peace he has struck between human refugees and the alien atevi. Alpha Station, orbiting the world of the atevi, has taken aboard five thousand human refugees from a destroyed station in a distant sector of space. With supplies and housing stretched to the breaking point, it is clear that the refugees must be relocated down to the planet, and soon. But not to the atevi mainland: rather to the territory reserved for human, the island of Mospheira. Tabini-aiji, the powerful political head of the atevi, tasks his brilliant human diplomat, Bren Cameron, to negotiate with the Mospheiran government. For the Alpha Station refugees represent a political faction that the people of Mospheira broke from two centuries ago, and these Mospheirans are not enthusiastic about welcoming these immigrants from space.

In volume eight of Cherryh's masterful Foreigner sequence, Tabini, the deposed ruler of the atevi home world, represents humanity's best hope of survival on this alien planet and the atevi's own best chance of maintaining independence in a galaxy grown suddenly crowded with potential enemies. In order to retake control of his government, Tabini draws together various allies, allowing himself to serve as a possible target for assassination. Tabini must delicately balance the sensibilities of deeply conservative factions against the absolute need to push forward with the technological innovations that human beings have introduced to the atevi world. Human diplomat Bren Cameron, meanwhile, must simply stay alive, if only to prove to the skeptical atevi that other alien races do indeed exist and are headed their way. As usual, Cherryh alternates long stretches of brilliant, often oblique dialogue and complex political maneuvering with shorter interludes of violent, well-executed action.

It has been two years since the starship Phoenix left Alpha Station on a rescue mission to a faraway sector of space where over four thousand human spacers were under attack by a hostile alien race. Now, the Phoenix is almost home, having successfully rescued the stranded colonists through the combined negotiating talents of Bren Cameron-brilliant human paidhi to the atevi court, currently representing Tabini-aiji, the atevi ruler-and of Tabini's grandmother llisidi, the aiji-dowager, a fearsome, wily, and ambitious atevi leader in her own right

In this intrigue- and adventure-packed work, Cherryh takes readers back to Compact space, home territory of the advanced catlike race the hani. Here is the story of the next generation of hani and specifically of Hilfy, the new captain of the spaceship Chanur's Legacy. First time in paperback.

Now in mass market, the twentieth book in the beloved Foreigner saga returns to the trials of diplomat Bren Cameron, as he navigates the tenuous peace he has struck between human refugees and the alien atevi. Bren Cameron, diplomat in residence, usually represents the ruler of the atevi state. But Ilisidi, the dowager, has been known to borrow his services from time to time—and she has her own notions how to solve the simmering hostilities in the south of the atevi continent, playing one problem against another. This time, she is betting the hard-won northern peace—and the lives of the people—on being right. She has commandeered the Red Train, taken aboard what passengers she chooses, and headed for the snowy roof of the world, where a hard-scrabble town and its minor lord are the first pieces she intends to use.

The recent overthrow of the Atevi head of state, Tabini-aiji, and the subsequent threats to his rule have led to significant changes within the Assassins' Guild, which is now focused on eliminating its internal dissenters, known as the Shadow Guild. With the Assassins purged of corruption and stability returning following the birth of Tabini's second child and the appointment of an heir, the Atevi world appears to be regaining its footing. Humans and Atevi continue to coexist peacefully on the space station and the planet, with preparations underway to welcome 5,000 human refugees from a dismantled station, showcasing unprecedented cooperation with the Atevi mainland. General Bren Cameron, Tabini-aiji's representative, is eager for a break after securing this critical agreement. However, Tabini's grandmother enlists his help for a train journey to the remote province of Hasjuran, instructing him to protect and advise her. Complicating matters, she has invited a young warlord, Machigi, and a potential heir to a northern province, raising questions about her intentions. When a Shadow Guild attack occurs at the train station, the stakes escalate. Hasjuran, overlooking the Marid district—a place where Machigi wields influence and the Shadow Guild holds power—becomes a focal point for conflict. Ilisidi is determined to confront the Shadow Guild, revealing her true motives for the trip and making Bren's role as protector increasin

Here, for the first time in one volume, is C.J. Cherryh's classic adventure of interstellar politics, a spacefaring fugitive, and first contact with a strange race known as "humans."The pride of Chanur previously published by DAW in 1982 ; Chanur's venture previously published in 1985 ; The Kif strike back previously published in 1986.Includes a preview of Chanur's homecoming.

The third novel in Cherryh’s Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences… Six months have passed since the reappearance of the starship Phoenix—the same ship which brought a colony of humans to the hostile environment of alien atevi nearly two hundred years ago. During these six months, the atevi have reconfigured their fledgling space program in a bid to take their place in the heavens alongside humans. But the return of the Phoenix has added a frighteningly powerful third party to an already volatile situation, polarizing both human and atevi political factions, and making the possibility of all-out planetary war an even more likely threat. On the atevi mainland, human ambassador Bren Cameron, in a desperate attempt to maintain the peace, has arranged for one human representative from the Phoenix to take up residence with him in his apartments, and for another to be stationed on humanity's island enclave. Bren himself is unable to return home for fear of being arrested or assassinated by the powerful arch conservative element who wish to bar the atevi from space. Responsible for a terrified, overwhelmed young man, and desperately trying to keep abreast of the atevi associations, how can Bren possibly find a way to save two species from a three-sided conflict that no one can win?

In the eighteenth installment of Cherryh's Foreigner series, Alpha Station has taken in five thousand human refugees from a destroyed station, leading to a critical need for relocation. The refugees must be moved to the island of Mospheira, reserved for humans, rather than the atevi mainland. Tabini-aiji, the atevi political leader, assigns his human diplomat, Bren Cameron, to negotiate with Mospheira's government. The Mospheirans are reluctant to welcome these immigrants, as they broke from this political faction two centuries ago. Over the years, Bren has become deeply integrated into the atevi world, now an atevi lord with his own estate and bodyguards. He has developed a close relationship with Tabini's young son, Cajieri, who is the first atevi child to grow up around a human. Tabini orders Bren to return to Mospheira, where he must inform the president that the island must accept the refugees, as there are no other options. Among the refugees are three children who have formed a bond with Cajieri, creating a lifelong loyalty. Meanwhile, Cajieri is sent to visit his uncle Tatiseigi, a political move that also serves as a vacation. However, Tatiseigi's neighbors have their own agenda, using Cajieri's visit as a pretext to settle an old feud.

A million lives on the planet Priamos hang in the balance, marked for death unless one individual can be found. This chilling decree comes from the iduve, a mysterious alien race known for their advanced technology and ruthless justice. For nearly two centuries, their massive ship, The Ashanome, has pursued a traitor who fled into human space after violating an ancient rite. As the ship orbits the planet, the iduve prepare for vaikka, their ultimate act of vengeance. To fulfill their mission, the iduve enlist three unlikely allies: Aiela Lyailleue, a peaceful kallia youth forcibly conscripted into service; Daniel, a fierce human driven by fear and hatred; and Isande, a woman with deep knowledge of the iduve. Through a process called Asuthi, their minds are melded, allowing them to share language, emotions, and secrets. United, they must navigate the dangerous surface of Priamos to locate and eliminate the offender. With time running out, the trio faces the daunting task of finding a single individual among millions. Success is crucial, as failure means annihilation for them and the entire population of Priamos, a fate the iduve are prepared to deliver without hesitation.

Nearly ten years after the unexpected return of the starship Phoenix, the alien atevi have three functioning space shuttles, and teams of atevi engineers labor in orbit to renovate the space station. But these monumental advances not only add a dangerously powerful third party to an already precarious diplomatic situation, but rouse pro- and anti-space factions in atevi society to incendiary levels. To help negotiate these treacherous diplomatic waters, Tabini-aiji, the powerful head of the atevi's Western Association, has sent the only human he fully trusts into space: his own paidhi, Bren Cameron.However, the threat of possible invasion by hostile aliens who attacked Phoenix's station in a far-off sector of space hangs over them all. And when one of the senior captains of the Phoenix confesses that this station was not completely destroyed, as had been previously thought, the crew mutinies. How can Bren hope to mediate on a station overcome by a rebellious crew intent on taking the Phoenix on a rescue mission back into hostile alien territory?The long-running Foreigner series can also be enjoyed by more casual genre readers in sub-trilogy installments. Defender is the 5th Foreigner book. It is also the 2nd book in the second subtrilogy.

This collection features C.J. Cherryh's acclaimed short fiction, showcasing her imaginative storytelling and rich world-building. Readers will encounter a variety of themes and characters that highlight her unique voice and perspective in speculative fiction. The anthology brings together her most celebrated works, offering both longtime fans and new readers a comprehensive look at her literary contributions. This volume serves as a testament to Cherryh's impact on the genre, making it an essential addition to any science fiction library.

The fateful meeting between the owner of a tramp star-freighter that flies the Union planets under false papers and fake names and a proud but junior member of a powerful starship-owning family leads to a record-breaking race to Downbelow Station--and a terrifying showdown at a deadly destination off the cosmic charts.

"A multilayered epic of interstellar cabals and dark human passions; genius, blackmail, and sacrifice; murder, resurrection, and the betrayal of innocence--and loyalty stronger than death. The novel of Merchanter Universe: a profound exploration of genetics, environment, nurture, society--and the secrets of human intelligence. The saga of two friends trapped in an endless nightmare of suspicion and surveillance, of cyber-programmed servants and ruling class with century-long lives--and the enigmatic woman who dominates them all"-- Adapted from back cover

Together for the first time in one volume—all four novels in the dark science fiction epic, the Morgaine Cycle.The gates were relics of a lost era, a linked network of portals that the ruthless Qual empire used to span Time and Space. The Science Buereau has come to believe that sometime, somewhere in the unreachable past, someone has done the unthinkable and warped the very fabric of the universe using these gates. Now, it is up to Morgaine, a mysterious woman aided by a single warrior honor-bound to serve her, to travel from world to world sealing the ancient gates whose very existence threatens the integrity of all worlds...

The fourth and final book in the epic Morgaine science fiction sagaMorgaine must meet her greatest challenge—Gault, who is both human and alien, and also seeks control of the world and its Gate. She will meet the true Gatemaster—a mysterious lord with power as great, or greater, than her own.

SFWA Grand Master Cherryh returns to the Hugo-award winning Alliance-Union Universe with a thrilling entry in her far-reaching sci-fi saga. For years, the stations of the Hinder Stars, those old stations closest to Sol, have lagged behind the great megastations of the Beyond, like Pell and Cyteen. But new opportunities and fears arise when Alpha station receives news of an incoming ship with no identification. The denizens of Alpha wait anxiously for news about the outsiders, each with their own suspicions about the ship and its origins. Ross and Fallon, crew members of the Galway, believe the unidentified ship belongs to Pell and has come to investigate another massive ship docked at Alpha, The Rights of Man. Though Rights is under the command of the Earth Company, it is not quite perfected--and its true purpose is shrouded in mystery. James Robert Neihart, captain of Finity's End--a huge faster-than- light ship flown by one of the Merchanter Families--has heard whispers of The Rights of Man and wonders at its design and purpose, especially as Sol struggles to rival the progress of the Farther Stars. Now docked at Alpha, he must convince the crews that there is more to The Rights of Man than meets the eye. Because the reasons behind the creation of The Rights of Man, and its true plans, could change everything--not just for Sol, but for the Hinder Stars and the Beyond itslf.

Ariane Emory PR, the genetic clone of scientist Ariane Emory, investigates the murder of her progenitor, searching for a killer in a turbulent interstellar society while struggling to avoid the same fate as the original Ariane.

"For years, the stations of the Hinder Stars, those old stations closest to Sol, have lagged behind the great megastations of the Beyond, like Pell and Cyteen. But new opportunities and fears arise when Alpha station receives news of an incoming ship with no identification. The denizens of Alpha wait anxiously for news about the outsiders, each with their own suspicions about the ship and its origins. Ross and Fallon, crew members of the Galway, believe the unidentified ship belongs to Pell and has come to investigate another massive ship docked at Alpha, The Rights of Man. Though Rights is under the command of the Earth Company, it is not quite perfected--and its true purpose is shrouded in mystery. James Robert Neihart, captain of Finity's End--a huge faster-than-light ship flown by one of the Merchanter Families--has heard whispers of The Rights of Man and wonders at its design and purpose, especially as Sol struggles to rival the progress of the Farther Stars. Now docked at Alpha, he must convince the crews that there is more to The Rights of Man than meets the eye. Because the reasons behind the creation of The Rights of Man, and its true plans, could change everything--not just for Sol, but for the Hinder Stars and the Beyond itself." --

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Merchanter Cargo Chief Marie Hawkins has never forgiven the crime, nor sought justice. Only vengeance. And, for 23 years, the Hawkins's clan ship, Sprite, has lived with her vendetta - and with her son, Tom, the boy sired in the violent assault.Marie's attacker, Austin Bowe, is captain of the Corinthian. When both ships dock at Mariner Station, Marie vanishes and Tom searches for his mother...only to find himself trapped on Austin's ship with a half-brother he never knew he had and a crew fanatically loyal to Bowe. Now as the Corinthian flees the pursuing Sprite and a raider guns after both, the lives on board the two Merchanter ships are in the hands of Tom Hawkins. To save them all, Tom must trust his sworn enemy...His father.

On a distant planet, all the native creatures communicate telepathically, projecting images which drive humans to madness. As a result, the people live in walled cities and owe their lives to the nighthorses, equines who can bond with certain riders and provide a telepathic "buffer". But one savage winter, young Danny Fisher and his nighthorse Cloud lead the survivors of a deadly telepathic attack to shelter high in the snowbound mountains--only to discover their "sanctuary" threatened by a vicious predator never before known to humans. Sequel to "Rider at the Gate".

Rafe Murray, his sister Jillian, and Jillian's husband Paul Gaines, like many other out-of-luck spacers, had come to newly-built Endeavor Station to find their future. Their tiny ship, Lindy, had been salvaged from the junk heap, and fitted to mine ore from the mineral-rich rings which circled Endeavor. But their future proved to be far stranger than any of them imagined, when a "collision" with a huge alien vessel provided them with the oddest first contact experience possible! --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

English edition. (New English Library). 1 illustration. 423 pages.

The story of humans stranded on an alienplanet where registered assassination is a way of life. They are the descendants of a space ship which lost itsway 500 years earlier. They live on an island and theonly contact they are allowed with the mainland isthrough one human, the foreigner of the novel

In a shadow land, the wizard Mauryl creates a substance out of thin air--a young man. His new creation will continue the journey for which he is too old, a magical pilgrimage toward both peace and war. Author of over 40 novels, Hugo-winner Cherryh is regarded as one of the brightest stars in the fantasy and SF firmament.

A tale set in an Oriental fantasy world of myth and legend. The girl Taizu must persuade Lord Saukendar, paragon swordmaster, to restore the Throne of Chiyaden to its rightful heir. C.J.Cherryh's other works include "The Chronicles of Morgaine" and "Downbelow Station", winner of the Hugo Award.

The pole hit something yielding, deep down against the bottom. Something dragged at it below the vile water, gripped it, began to climb up it. From the moment Altair Jones hauls Mondragon into her barge she becomes entangled in a sinister and deadly power game. Fine-boned and fair, Mondragon is fanatically secretive about himself. He looks like a high-born from the fabulous upper levels of the city; certainly he cannot survive alone in the putrid underworld inhabited by the canal folk. Against all her instincts, Altair determines to conceal him from the religious fanatics and assassins who assail him. But unless she can learn the truth about Mondragon there is nothing that even her extraordinary cunning, nor her ferocious love, can do to protect him.

THE BRUTAL FORCE OF OPPRESSION VERSUS THE SWORD OF KNOWLEDGEIt is 500 years since the fall of the Sabirn Empire, an empire whose rulers sealed their fate by refusing to countenance the development of weapons that could have saved them from the barbarians. Now the Sabirn have fallen on hard times indeed, and lie supine beneath the boot of the Ancar, laboring in mines and fields and streets at work no member of a ”higher” race would touch.But rumors abound that among the Sabirn are some who retain occult knowledge and use it in secret rites aimed at the overthrow of the new master race. The Ancar say this is justification for genocide. The Sabirn say genocide is justification for anything; The Sword of Knowledge cuts both ways.

Discovered alone and without his memory on his drifting ship, pilot Paul Dekker is accused of the murder of his crew members and he must rely on the help of renegade miner Morris Bird to learn the truth. Reprint.

It was that transitional time of the world, when man first brought the clang of iron and the reek of smoke to the lands which before had echoed only with fairy voices. In that dawn of man and death of magic there yet remained one last untouched place -- the small forest of Ealdwood -- which kept the magic intact, and protected the old ways. And there was one who dwelt there, Arafel the Sidhe, who had more pride and love of the world as it used to be than any of her kind. But fear of the world of Faery ran deep in the hearts of men, and when Ciaran Cuilean, Lord of Caer Wiell, a man with Elvish blood in his veins, found himself the object of increasing distrust and suspicion from his men, his king, and even his own family, he knew he must once again put his humanity aside and return to Ealdwood. For shadows of a newly awakened evil swarmed across both lands, and unless Ciaran reclaimed his haunted weapons from the Tree of Swords and joined Arafel, he would see this evil overtake not only the warm hearthstones of the mortal keeps but the silvery heart of Ealdwood itself!

THE TWILIGHT OF FAERYIt was that transitional time of the world, when man first brought the clang of iron and the reek of smoke to the lands which before had echoed only with fairy voices. In that dawn of man and death of magic there yet remained one last untouched place---the small forest of Ealdwood---which kept the magic intact, and protected the old ways. And there was one who dwelt there, Arafel the Sidhe, who had more pride and love of the world as it used to be than any of her kind. But fear of the world of Faery ran deep in the hearts of men, and when Ciaran Cuilean, Lord of Caer Wiell, a man with Elvish blood in his veins, found himself the object of increasing distrust and suspicion from his men, his king, and even his own family, he knew he must once again put his humanity aside and return to Ealdwood. For shadows of a newly awakened evil swarmed across both lands, and unless Ciaran reclaimed his haunted weapons from the Tree of Swords and joined Arafel, he would see this evil overtake not only the warm hearthstones of the mortal keeps but the silvery heart of Ealdwood itself!

The Hugo Award-winning classic sci-fi novel, now available in a trade edition. The Beyond started with the Stations orbiting the stars nearest Earth. The Great Circle the interstellar freighters traveled was long, but not unmanageable, and the early Stations were emotionally and politically dependent on Mother Earth. The Earth Company which ran this immense operation reaped incalculable profits and influenced the affairs of nations. Then came Pell, the first station centered around a newly discovered living planet. The discovery of Pell's World forever altered the power balance of the Beyond. Earth was no longer the anchor which kept this vast empire from coming adrift, the one living mote in a sterile universe. But Pell was just the first living planet. Then came Cyteen, and later others, and a new and frighteningly different society grew in the farther reaches of space. The importance of Earth faded and the Company reaped ever smaller profits as the economic focus of space turned outward. But the powerful Earth Fleet was sitll a presence in the Beyond, and Pell Station was to become the last stronghold in a titanic struggle between the vast, dynamic forces of the rebel Union and those who defended Earth's last, desperate grasp for the stars.

Avoiding other humans because of the curse placed on him, Caithe mac Sliabhan nevertheless aids a strange couple who claim to be husband and wife but look like twins to Caith, and who are under the spell of a witch

Their names were Lancelot, Elaine, Percivale, Gawain, Modred, Lynette and Vivien, but they were not characters from legend. They were made people, clone servants designed to suit the fancy of their opulent owner, the Lady Dela Kirn. And they worked aboard the Maid, an anachronistic fantasy of a spaceship, decorated with swords, heraldic banners, old-looking beams masking the structural joints, and lamps that mimicked live flame. They lived in a kind of dream, and had no idea of their origins, their prototypes in those old, old story tapes of romance, chivalry, heroism and betrayal. Until a wandering instability, a knot in time, a ripple in the between sucked them into a spatial no-man's-land from which there seemed to be no escape. And they were left alone, with the borrowed personas of their ancient namesakes, to face a crisis those venerable spirits were never designed to master.

Things weren't right in the little kingdom of Maggiar, so the princes Bogdan and Tamas set off to seek an answer to the kingdom's troubles in the world over the mountain, a world they knew only from legends. But that glorious place was great no more. The goblins had declared war, and no one--especially not visitors were safe from the raging battles, the darkest sorcery, and the evil that roamed the land....

Based on the popular ABC television series and the classic comic book characters, Lois & Clark is a sparkling romantic adventure about two very different people finding their way together in a complex world.

C.J. Cherryh, a celebrated figure in science fiction, captivates readers with her complex narratives. Now, at the pinnacle of her career, she introduces her most ambitious work in decades, set in a universe ravaged by advanced weaponry, specifically nanotechnology. The story unfolds on a desert planet where the fate of billions hinges on a clash between two alien cultures. Marak, a prince and warrior, has battled madness throughout his life. Serving his father, he has sought to overthrow the Ila, the enigmatic ruler of his world. For years, he concealed his troubling visions of a silver tower, but when his secret is revealed, he is betrayed and forced to join a caravan of the mad, destined for the Ila's city of Oburan. In Oburan, Marak discovers his true purpose and a chance at survival, but only if he can navigate a perilous mission. The Ila tasks him with uncovering the source of the visions that haunt the mad. Despite the dangers of the desert and internal conflicts within the caravan, Marak reaches his destination, only to receive a daunting new assignment from strange beings who resemble him yet behave differently. To save his people from the Ila's enemies, Marak must unite warring tribes and convince them to embark on an epic journey across the desert before disaster strikes. This gripping tale of war, love, and survival showcases Cherryh's masterful storytelling.

From C.J. Cherryh, one of science fiction′s greatest writers and a 3-time Hugo Award "Best Novel" winner, comes the exciting and long-awaited follow-up to Hammerfall, the second novel of the Gene Wars, now in mass market.In the second volume of "The Gene Wars," C. J. Cherryh further explores the captivating new universe where two interstellar empires, scarred by nanotechnology weaponry, hover in an uneasy detente. Perched at the edge of the galaxy, tiny Concord Station holds the balance of the universe within its carefully regulated worlds. For, created to carefully monitor the crucial desert planet below, it lies in the tenuous intersection between the territories of Earth and the alien Ondat.Marak Trin Tain has saved a planet′s people from total destruction, when the implacable ondat sent down a hammerfall to destroy the planet and keep its deadly nanoceles from changing life and evolution forever. But the regrowing planet is fragile, and a deadly cataclysm could destroy Marak--and with him, the hope for peace within the universe.Meanwhile, on Concord, an unexpected ship from Earth disrupts the uneasy truces between human and alien, and the consequences could restart the terrible Gene Wars that once destroyed most of humanity.

Two of Cherryh's stand-alone SF novels--including the Hugo Award finalist "Cuckoo's Egg"--are now available in this omnibus volume. Original.Cuckoo's EggThey named him Thorn. They told him he was of their people, although he was so different. He was ugly in their eyes, strange, sleek-skinned instead of furred, clawless, different. Yet he was of their power class: judge-warriors, the elite, the fighters, the defenders.Thorn knew that his difference was somehow very important -- but not important enough to prevent murderous conspiracies against him, against his protector, against his caste, and perhaps against the peace of the world. But when the crunch came, when Thorn finally learned what his true role in life was to be, that on him might hang the future of two worlds, then he had to stand alone to justify his very existence.Serpent's ReachWithin the Constellation of the Serpent, out of bounds to all spacefarers, humans live among the insect-like aliens--and one of them, a woman named Raen, is bent on a revenge that will tear apart the truce between human and alien. "Brisk pacing . . . and genuinely brilliant world-building."--ALA Booklist. Reissue.

This omnibus edition of two novels set in Cherryh's most renowned universe--the Union-Alliance Universe--marks the first time these books have been available in more than a decade. Includes "Merchanter's Luck" and "Forty Thousand in Gehenna."

Kutath ist ein uralter, sterbender Planet, von lebensfeindlichen Wüsten bedeckt, in denen eine tödliche Tierwelt sich einen erbarmungslosen Überlebenskampf liefert, mit gewaltigen tiefen Becken einstiger Meere, in die seit Jahrzehntausenden der Sand rinnt. Dies ist die Heimatwelt der Mri, der gefürchtetsten Kriegerrasse der Galaxis, die seit Jahrmillionen als Söldner im Dienst anderer Rassen gekämpft haben, zuletzt im Dienst der Regul - gegen die Menschheit. Sten Duncan, dem Ob Tak, Einzelkämpfer und Spezialist für gefährliche taktische Oberflächenaufgaben, ist es gelungen, das Vertrauen der letzten überlebenden Mri zu gewinnen, indem er einer ihresgleichen wurde. Sowohl Menschen wie Regul liebäugeln mit dem Gedanken, sich diese gefährliche Rasse ein für allemal vom Halse zu schaffen, indem sie Kutath in eine atomare Hölle verwandeln. Verzweifelt kämpft Duncan darum, den Holocaust zu verhindern.

Jon-Tom Meriweather, Jurastudent und Rockmusiker, findet sich nach dem Genuss eines Joints in einer völlig anderen Umgebung wieder. Intelligente, sprechende Tiere schlagen sich rücksichtslos durch ein Leben voller Habgier, Futterneid und Beutelschneiderei. Bald muss sich auch Jon-Tom entscheiden, ob er mitmischen oder untergehen will, denn eine Rückkehr in die Welt seines kalifornischen Campus scheint ihm versagt. Durch einen Irrtum Clodsahamps, eines genialen, wenn auch leicht senilen Hexers in Schildkrötengestalt wurde er nämlich in diese Welt verschleppt - und keine Magie vermag den Fehler rückgängig zu machen. Bald jedoch erkennt der unfreiwillige Wanderer zwischen den Welten, dass seine Anwesenheit von Nutzen sein kann. Das Volk der Gepanzerten, grausame Insektenwesen, droht mit einer verheerenden Invasion. Und Jon-Tom spürt eine übersinnliche Gabe in sich schlummern: Er ist ein Bannsänger ...

Je to už dva a půl roku, co se obě vlády planety atevů – lidská na ostrově Mosfeira a atevská v mocném aišidi''tatu – dozvěděly pravý důvod, proč se hvězdná loď Phoenix po dvou stoletích vrátila ke světu, který kdysi opustila. Nyní je raketoplán Šai-šan konečně dokončený a před atevy se otvírají brány vesmíru. Atevský vládce Tabini má však své vlastní plány a ty si žádají rozsáhlá jednání s kapitány hvězdné lodě. A tak Bren Cameron, tlumočník a diplomat, opouští planetu, na níž se narodil, a ujímá se složitých jednání na vesmírné stanici svých předků. Bren zasvětil celý svůj život tomu, aby porozuměl atevům – dokáže ale porozumět svým vlastním vzdáleným příbuzným? -- zdroj: legie.info --

Das Auftauchen der Menschen als raumfahrende Rasse hat das Mächtegleichgewicht der verschiedenen anderen Rassen, die zum Teil seit vielen Jahrtausenden interstellaren Handel betreiben, erschüttert. Die ränkevollen Mahendosat und die gefährlichen Kif benutzen den Umbruch, um ihre Einflußsphären zu erweitern oder innenpolitische Interessen zu verfolgen. Pyanfar, Kapitänin der >>Stolz<<, auf ihrem Heimatplaneten geächtet, muß ein gefahrvolles, ja tödliches Spiel mit wechselseitigen Verbündeten wagen, aber sie weiß, daß es um die Existenz ihres Volkes geht. Heyne 06/4402

Der neue große Roman der HUGO GERNSBACK- und NEBULA-Preisträgerin Man hat sie nach Gehenna verschifft, einen kaum erforschten erdähnlichen Planeten in einer neutralen Zone der Galaxis, 40000 Männer, Frauen und Kinder. Es war von Anfang an eine illegale Aktion gewesen, um vollendete Tatsachen zu schaffen und Territorialansprüche zu ergaunern. Man dachte gar nicht daran, die Siedler zu unterstützen, ein paar würden schon überleben. Die Kolonisten sind verzweifelt. Der Nachschub bleibt aus. Die einheimische Fauna, echsenähnliche Wesen mit unterirdischer Lebensweise, als harmlos eingestuft, erweisen sich als halbintelligent, äußerst schwierig und zunehmend aggressiv. Bald zerfällt die Kolonie in zwei Lager: Das eine verharrt in eienr Art Brückenkopf-Mentalität, igelt sich ein und hofft weiter auf Hilfe von draußen; das andere versucht mit der einheimischen Ökologie zurechtzukommen und sich anzupassen; doch diese Anpassung bedeutet, auf einen Teil des Menschseins zu verzichten. Heyne 06/4263

Als auf Bren Cameron, den Botschafter der Weltraumkolonisten bei den einheimischen Atevi, ein Anschlag verübt wird, gerät der Friede in Gefahr.

Die Regul, die mächtige Handelsrasse der Galaxis, hat sich mit einem brutalen Vernichtungsschlag ihrer ehemaligen Söldner entledigt, der Mri, deren Rache sie fürchteten. Sten Duncan, ein terrestrischer Soldat, ein ObTak, Einzelkämpfer...

Bet Yeagers zwielichtige Vergangenheit bleibt ein wohlgehütetes Geheimnis an Bord des Unionsraumschiffs Loki, bis eine Begegnung mit Mazian-Piraten sie zwingt, ihr intimes Wissen über deren Methoden preiszugeben. In demselben Universum wie Cyteen angesiedelt, fängt Cherryhs neuester Roman das akute Gefühl der Klaustrophobie von Männern und Frauen unter Druck ein.

Die Region der Hydra, der Wasserschlange, ist ein absolut unzugänglicher Sternsektor der erdnahen Galaxis. Er wird von den Majat, einer Insektenrasse, bewohnt, die in ihrer Unberechenbarkeit und Aggressivität tödliche Gefahren birgt. Deshalb wurde die Schlangenregion für menschliche Siedler gesperrt, und ihre Grenzen werrden streng bewacht. Trotzdem hat es vor langer Zeit Menschen gegeben, die in das Gebiet vorgedrungen sind und es fertiggebracht haben, mit den Majat zusammenzuleben. Das Vertrauen der Majat-Schwärme zu gewinnen, war aber nur möglich, indem sie einen Großteil ihres menschseins preisgaben. Raen, eine letzte Überlebende der Sul-Familie, weiß, dass es diesseits wie jenseits der Grenzen zur Schlangenregion Kräfte gibt, denen das Tabu ein Dorn im Auge ist und die sich an dem märchenhaften Schätzen und Ressourcen der Region bereichern wollen. Aber sie weiß aus eigener Erfahrung, dass der Biß der Schlange für die menschliche Zivilisation tödlich wäre.

Heyne-Bücher / 6, 6, Heyne-Science-fiction & Fantasy, Bd. 5378 : Fantasy Things weren't right in the little kingdom of Maggiar, so the princes Bogdan and Tamas set off to seek an answer to the kingdom's troubles in the world over the mountain, a world they knew only from legends. But that glorious place was great no more. The goblins had declared war, and no one—especially not visitors were safe from the raging battles, the darkest sorcery, and the evil that roamed the land… The most enchanting, folklore-flavored fantasy yet from Hugo Award-winning author C.J. Cherryh. Lost on a journey, the young Prince Tamas encounters the witch's apprentice, Ela. The land is at the mercy of warring goblins—but Ela possesses a shard of the Goblin Queen's enchanted mirror, and she plans to use it against the Queen.

Die zweite Buch der Atevi-Serie. Vor mehr als zweihundert Jahren ging das Raumschiff Phoenix auf einer Kolonisationsmission verloren. Nach einer beschwerlichen Reise fand es schließlich einen bewohnbaren Planeten. Doch dieser hatte bereits seine eigenen Bewohner… Jetzt leben die Menschen in einem fragilen Frieden mit den einheimischen Atevi. Beide Rassen sind jedoch so unterschiedlich, dass jeder direkte Kontakt auf einen einzigen speziell ausgebildeten Dolmetscher – den paidhi – beschränkt ist. Doch das wird sich bald ändern. Das Raumschiff, von dem alle dachten, es sei für immer verschwunden, ist zurückgekehrt. Was wollen die Ankömmlinge aus dem All? Wer soll ihnen das bieten? Und wer wird am meisten davon profitieren? In einer Welt, in der es keine Worte wie „Liebe“ und „Freundschaft“ gibt und in der Mord eine legale, wenn auch etwas extreme Art der Konfliktlösung ist, entdeckt paidhi Bren Cameron, dass seine wahren Gegner nicht die unberechenbaren Atevi sind, sondern sehr, sehr menschliche Feinde.

Ein sozialer Außenseiter, Thomas Bowe, ist zwischen der Rivalität zweier Handelsschiffe gefangen, eines geleitet von seinem Vater und das andere von der Frau, die sein Vater vor langer Zeit vergewaltigt hat.

Unter sterbenden Sonnen Die Regul sind die mächtigsten Handelsherren der Galaxis und ein altes, erfahrenes Volk. Aber irgendwie scheinen sie diese junge Rasse, mit der sie einen Krieg angezettelt haben, unterschätzt zu haben: die Menschen. Für die Regul kämpfen die Mri Kel‘en, erbarmungslose Söldner mit einem strengen Ehrenkodex. Welt um Welt wird vernichtet, das Blut zahlloser Unschuldiger vergossen. Erst als Sten Duncan, ein Einzelkämpfer und Spezialist für lebensfeindliche Planeten von der Erde, einen der führenden Mri persönlich kennenlernt und sein Vertrauen gewinnt, scheint der Friede in greifbarer Nähe. Aber der Weg dorthin ist lang, denn die Regul sehen plötzlich in den Menschen eine Möglichkeit, sich einen alten, aber gefährlichen Verbündeten vom Hals zu schaffen …

Als die Kif Hilfy und Tully, die hani und menschliche Besatzung der Pride of Chanur, ergriffen, stellten sie eine Herausforderung, der Pyanfar, die Kapitänin der Pride, nicht entkommen konnte. Diese Herausforderung führte Pyanfar und ihre Schiffskameraden zur Mkks-Station und in eine tödliche Konfrontation zwischen Kif, Hani, Mahendo'sat und Menschen. Was als einfacher Rettungsversuch begann, entwickelte sich bald zu einem gefährlichen Spiel interstellarer Politik, in dem der heutige Verbündete morgen zum Henker werden könnte und in dem Methanatmer zu unberechenbaren Wildkarten wurden, die um Einsätze spielten, die kein Sauerstoffatmer auch nur ansatzweise verstehen konnte…

Allein und ohne Erinnerung auf seinem treibenden Schiff entdeckt, wird der Pilot Paul Dekker des Mordes an seinen Crewmitgliedern beschuldigt und muss sich auf die Hilfe des abtrünnigen Miners Morris Bird verlassen, um die Wahrheit zu erfahren.

Shoka, in den Bergen zurückgezogen, wird von Taizu gefunden, einer jungen Frau, die entschlossen ist, seine Schwertkunst zu erlernen und sie zu nutzen, um ihr Volk zu rächen, indem sie dem überwältigenden Bösen von Lord Ghita entgegentritt.

In "Blinder Passagier im All" entdeckt Pyanfar Chanur, Kommandantin des Handelsraumschiffes Stolz der Chanur, einen geheimnisvollen blinden Passagier. Dieses Wesen, das sie zunächst für ein Tier hält, entpuppt sich als Mensch einer raumfahrenden Spezies. Während die Kif das Wesen zurückfordern, sieht Pyanfar darin eine Chance, die gefährliche Situation könnte jedoch tödliche Folgen haben.

Dekker ist der Beste, und die Company braucht nun mal den besten Piloten, um den Superabfangjäger »Höllenfeuer« zu fliegen. Dekker ist ein junger Draufgänger, hypersensibel, ein bißchen verrückt und politisch ein ziemlich brisanter Typ, aber er hat die schnellsten Reaktionen von allen. Trotz seiner Jugend ist er ein erfahrener Shepherd, ein Erzsucher aus dem Planetoidengürtel, von frühester Jugend an trainiert, blitzschnell zu reagieren, wenn un- verhofft tödliche Massen auf der Flugbahn auftauchen. Er hat keine Ahnung, daß man ein Spiel mit ihm treibt, daß man nur eine Aufzeichnung seiner Reaktionen haben will, um sie für andere Piloten als Simulation zu verwenden. Und er ahnt nicht, daß die Gegner des Höllenfeuer-Projekts auch vor Mord nicht zurückschrecken.

Nearly two centuries after the starship Phoenix disappeared into the heavens, leaving an isolated colony of humans on the world of the atevi, it unexpectedly returns to orbit overhead, threatening the stability of both atevi and human governments. With the situation fast becoming critical, Bren Cameron, the brilliant, young paidhi to the court of the atevi is recalled from Mospheira where he has just undergone surgery. But his sudden and premature return to the mainland is cause for more than mere physical discomfort. For during his brief absence, his government has sent in his paidhi-successor, Deana Hanks - representative of a dangerous archconservative faction on Mospheira who hate the atevi. And though she should depart when Bren is once again able to fill his post, no recall order comes. Cut off from his government and haunted by the continuing threat of assassination, Bren realizes his only hope may be to communicate directly with the Phoenix as the spokesman of the atevi - an action which may cut him off for good from his own species. Yet if he doesn't take this desperate and illegal action, he may be forced to helplessly bear witness to the final destruction of the already precarious balance of world power.

DIE CYTEEN TRILOGIE ausgezeichnet mit dem HUGO GERNSBACKAWARD als bester Roman des Jahres Der Verrat 06/4710 Die Wiedergeburt 06/4711 Die Rechtfertigung . 06/4712 Ariane Emory leitet Reseune, das fortschrittlichste gentechnische Institut dervon Menschen besiedelten Galaxis auf dem Planeten Cyteen, in dem seit 200 Jahren erfolgreich Menschen geklont und psychisch adaptiert werden. Als Ariane Emory unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben kommt, läuft das ehrgeizigste Projekt an, das die Menschheit je in Angriff genommen hat. Die Wiederauferstehung eines Menschen: nicht nur aus Abermilliarden von genetischen Informationen, sondern auch aus Abermilliarden von gespeicherten Erinnerungen der,,Mutter"-Person.

Seit Jahrhunderten tobt zwischen Terranern und den Hanan, ebenfalls Menschenabkömmlingen, ein galaktischer Krieg. Ganze Planetensysteme wurden vernichtet, auch die Heimatwelten: Hanan und die Erde. Doch die grausame Vernichtungsschlacht geht weiter. Kurt Morgan, einziger Überlebender eines Raumgefechts, gelingt es, mit seiner Rettungskapsel einen erdähnlichen Planeten zu erreichen und zu landen. Er wird von Eingeborenen gefangengenommen und in Ketten gelegt, von ihnen wie ein Tier behandelt. Doch allmählich weiß er sich die Achtung und schließlich sogar die Freundschaft dieser stolzen und zugleich empfindsamen Geschöpfe zu erringen. Warum er von ihnen für eine reißende Bestie gehalten wurde, wird ihm klar, als er zum ersten Mal den Nachfahren von Menschen begegnet, die vor tausend Jahren diese Welt zu unterwerfen und zu besiedeln versuchten und deren Schicksal über dem Krieg in Vergessenheit geriet.

Das Tor von Ivrel Der Quell von Shiuan Die Feuer von Azeroth Der Morgaine-Zyklus Die >>Alten<<, Angehörige einer Zivilisation, die vor Jahrtausenden die Galaxis beherrschte, sind längst verschwunden. Doch geblieben sind jene rätselhaften Tore, mit deren Hilfe sie sich durch Raum und Zeit bewegten, und zum Teil funktioniert dieses Transportsystem noch. Diese Tore sind geheimnisumwitterte Städten, Orte des Todes, denn immer wieder gelangen seltsame Ungeheuer aus fernen unbekannten Welten hindurch und verbreiten Angst und Schrecken. Nur Morgaine weiß mit den Kräften der Tore umzugehen, denn sie ist eine der letzten Nachfahren der uralten Rasse, und die Menschen erzittern vor ihrer Macht und ihrer Schönheit. Mit dem Morgaine-Zyklus gab die bekannte amerikanische Fantasy- und Science-Fiction-Autorin, die mehrfach mit dem Hugo Gernsback Award ausgezeichnet wurde, ihr glanzvoller literarisches Debüt. Heyne 06/4204

Die erste Buch der Trilogie über die wunderbaren Schicksale der Mri-Zivilisation. Der Konflikt von Interessen und Menschen, Vertretern einer fortgeschrittenen Handelsrasse - der Reguli und Söldnerkrieger - bietet der Autorin Raum, ihre Sicht auf eine Welt zu präsentieren, in der kommerzielle, ethische und psychologische Interessen und Gesetze aufeinanderprallen.

Zwischen den Raumbereichen der Hani, der Mahendo'sat, der Ic'a, der Kif und der Stsho liegt die Treffpunkt-Station inmitten des Pakt-Raums im Schnittpunkt eifersüchtig bewachter Grenzen. Die Station wird von allen raumfahrenden Rassen angeflogen, ihre Neutralität wird respektiert, doch nun ist man auf eine weitere Intelligente Spezies namens "Menschen" gestoßen, jenseits des Reichs der rätselhaften und grausamen Knnn. Eine neue Spezies bedeutet Handel, und Handel bedeutet Reichtum und Macht. Die Lage ist gespannt. Lady Pyanfar, eine Hani vom Geschlecht der der Chanur, Kapitän der "Stolz von Chanur", hat den Trumpf in der Hand. Sie hat vor langer Zeit die Sympathie eines von den Knnn verschleppten und gefolterten Menschen gewonnen, indem sie dem Flüchtigen unter Lebensgefahr Schutz gewährte. Nun ist er aus seiner fernen Heimat zurückgekehrt, mit Vollmachten für Abmachungen und Handelsabkommen. Deiser Trumpf ist Pyanfars letzte Chance, um ihre Schulden zu bezahlen und Ansehen und Ehre zu gewinnen - doch Kapitäne von einem halben Dutzend raumfahrender Rassen liegen auf der Lauer, um ihn ihr mit Gewalt abzujagen, sie einzuschüchtern oder auszutricksen. Nach "Das Schiff der Chanur" (06/4039) der zweite Roman des neuen Zyklus der HUGO GERNSBACK- und NEBULA-Preisträgerin. Ein weiterer Band, "Die Rache der Chanur", ist in Vorbereitung. Heyne 06/4264

DIE CYTEEN TRILOGIE ausgezeichnet mit dem HUGO GERNSBACKAWARD als bester Roman des Jahres Der Verrat 06/4710 Die Wiedergeburt. 06/4711 Die Rechtfertigung. 06/4712 Reseune, das fortschrittlichste gentechnische Institut der von Menschen besiedelten Galaxis auf dem Planeten Cyteen, hat wiederholt bewiesen, dass es die besten Klone von Menschen liefert und sie den gewünschten Erfordernissen anpasst. Das ehrgeizigste Projekt wird durchgezogen, als Ariane Emory, die betagte Leiterin von Reseune, stirbt. Es soll ein exaktes Duplikat der »Mutter«-Person entstehen. Das Problem sind nicht die genetischen Informationen, sondern es gilt, die entscheidenden und prägenden Situationen »nachzustellen« um die gleiche Psyche zu formen. Ein wahnwitziges Unterfangen, aber die alte Ariane Emory hat für alle Eventualitäten vorgesorgt, die ihrem heranwachsenden Duplikat begegnen könnten.

Rozsáhlý Hugem oceněný román Cyteen se odehrává ve světě "Firemních válek", v nichž proti sobě stojí stará Země a Unie nových kolonií. Genová inženýrka Ariana Emoryová, ředitelka laboratoře Reseune, kde jsou vytvářeni umělí lidé, je zavražděna. Hlavními podezřelými jsou její političtí protivníci Jordan Warrick, jeho klonovaný syn Justin a…

Een jonge Rus die in het voorchristelijke Rusland niets van bijgelovige verhalen over geesten wil weten, omtmoet samen met een boerenjongen een tovenaar en diens dochter die het als 'Rusalka' -een allesvernietigende geest- op zijn leven voorzien heeft.

"Prolog (Sonnenfall)" Essay von C.J. Cherryh "Der einzige Tod in der Stadt" Kurzgeschichte von C.J. Cherryh "Der verfluchte Turm" Novelle von C.J. Cherryh "Eis" Kurzgeschichte von C.J. Cherryh "Nachtspiel" Kurzgeschichte von C.J. Cherryh "Highliner" Kurzgeschichte von C.J. Cherryh "Der General" Kurzgeschichte von C.J. Cherryh Die Menschen waren zu den Sternen gegangen, hatten den Boden ferner Planeten betreten und ihre Kolonien gegründet; doch die Heimat Erde blieb. Sie war Legende; sie war ein Ort der Nostalgie für die verlorene Jugend der Menschheit; sie war immer da. Für jeden Sohn oder jede Tochter, die zu den Sternen aufgebrochen waren, gab es jene, die die ursprünglichen Himmel und Winde der Welt bevorzugten, die zuerst die Prüfungen und Triumphe der Menschheit ertragen hatte. C.J. Cherryh, eine vielfach ausgezeichnete Autorin, hat in SUNFALL ein Buch voller Wunder geschaffen, in dem sechs mächtige Städte, beladen mit dem Glanz der Geschichte, ihren Schicksalen... und denen der Erdenbürger, die sie liebten, gegenüberstehen. Dies ist ein wahrhaft einzigartiges Werk.