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Native-born humans, however, said that was not the case. There were no such blue-robes and no aliens.

Such was the viewpoint of both Herrin the artist and Waden the autocrat—until a crisis of planetary identity forced a life-and-death confrontation between the question of reality and the reality of the question…

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....

But what should have been a blessing was as much a curse—for jealousy and fear grew in the lands of men. Shadows of newly awakened evil swarmed across both landscapes threatening to bring the clang and reek of war from the warm hearthstones of the mortal world keeps to the silvery heart of Ealdwood. And Ciaran knew that he must once again put his humanity aside and reclaim his haunted weapons from the Tree of Swords or see both his worlds fold into darkness!

Die katzenartigen Chanur befahren weite Gebiete der Galaxis. Ihre Handelsschiffe sind ausschließlich von Frauen "bemannt", die demselben Familienclan angehören — ähnlich wie bei den menschlichen Kauffahrern. Auch auf "Chanurs Stolz" ist das so, die von Pyanfar Chanur kommandiert wird, einer Lady mit seidigem Pelz, aber messerscharfen Krallen und einem messerscharfen Verstand.

Pyanfar ist eine edle Hani im Kapitänsrang, und sie kennt eine Menge anderer Rassen, wie die Stsho, die ammoniakatmenden Kif, die Knnn, aber ein Wesen wie dieses — bleich, schmutzig, pelzlos bis auf ein Büschel auf dem Kopf, und unverständliche Kehllaute ausstoßend — ist ihr noch nie begegnet. Es ist von einem Kif-Frachter im Dock der Meeting-Station geflohen und in einem unbewachten Augenblick in die Luftschleuse der "Chanurs Stolz" geschlichen. Ist es ein Tier? Das Alien gehört einer raumfahrenden Rasse an, die in den Außenbezirken der Galaxis lebt. Sie nennt sich "Menschen".

After a hundred pioneer years, the colony on Hestia seemed to be nearing its end. Its holdings on that green and fertile planet were still limited to a single river in one valley. Everywhere else hostile fauna hedged them in. A dam could break the deadlock, and they needed an engineer to build it for them. Sam Merrit was the man who came in answer to their S.O.S. -- and he wanted out as soon as he landed. But once down on Hestia, it was live or die within the colony. So Sam stayed -- to discover certain anomalies that the hardscrabble colonists had thrust from their minds.

Two surprising allies have emerged to aid the embattled ruler in a struggle he *must* win: Cefwyn's two young sons. Aewyn Marhanen is the prince destined to rule. Aewyn's half-brother, Elfwyn Aswydd—the bastard son of the king and the sorceress Tarien Aswydd—has spent years unaware of his parentage, yet now it is his time to emerge and claim the gifted birthright he's been denied for so long.

But a dark, sinister magic has crept close to the young man and seized hold of the kingdom. Nothing is as it seems, as the bonds of family strain against the powerful forces that would see them undone—and the battle is joined to unmask and destroy the malevolence that threatens to unhinge the king's peaceful and fragile reign.

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!

In a fantastic city of canals, seventeen-year-old gondolier Altair Jones finds herself involved in aristocratic plots and mortal danger when she rescues a man thrown into the canal to drown

"I Dreamed of Owl. That Means Wizardry is Near."

Tristen is a weapon in an ancient war between wizardry and sorcery. He is a summoning and a shaping, brought to life by a wizard. And his sword is a weapon as well. Its keen blade, marked *Illusion *on one side and *Truth *on the other, once helped Tristen win the throne of Ylesuin for the young king Cefwyn, gaining Tristen the stewardship of the brave country of Amefel.

Tristen's rule in Amefel is blessed with two extraordinary friends: one a stalwart and simple warrior, the other a young rebel with royal blood. But the scarlet banners of war are unfolding again, and far more than a kingdom is at stake. Now Tristen must take up the sword--as well as the Sihhë magic he has forsworn. He is destiny's own, created a combatant in a far older and more fearsome conflict than any ever imagined by mere mortal man. And he is about to do battle once more. . . .

Rich with magic, intrigue, and adventure, this high fantasy series from the acclaimed C. J. Cherryh brings to life an enchanting world as real as, yet far more wondrous, than our own.

Los comerciantes hani y sus antiguos enemigos, los kif, coexisten en precaria paz en la estación Punto de Encuentro. Hasta que el Extraño aparece y provoca la gran conmoción que acabará poniendo en peligro el pacto interestelar entre diversas especies. La capitana hani Pyanfar Chanur deberá afrontar la persecución de los kif, con la ayuda de los mahendo sat y la constante presencia de los misteriosos knnn. Y todo ello sin olvidar la defensa de la mismísima casa de Chanur en su planeta natal.

Una saga espacial que moderniza lo mejor de la clásica y que da inicio a una tetralogía que hará historia dentro del genero.

Cuando se desencadenó la crisis del sistema, ellos eran ya solamente el resto de una Flota, y luchaban contra un poder que llegaba a todas partes, que poseía una inextinguible cantera de vidas, de suministros, de mundos.

Después de tan larga lucha, eran lo último que quedaba del poder de la Compañía Tierra. La capitana Mallory había sido testigo de cómo se llegaba a aquella situación. Había volado para mantener juntas a la Tierra y a la Unión, el pasado de la humanidad y su futuro. Y era una gran ironía que la Unión se hubiese convertido en el soporte de la postura pro-espacio en aquella guerra, y que la Compañía luchara en contra. Era una ironía que ellos, los que creyeron en el Más Allá, terminaran oponiéndose a aquello en que se había convertido, exponiéndose a morir por la Compañía que les había abandonado.

Hubo un tiempo en que los sueños de las viejas naves de exploración la indujeron a meterse en aquello, un sueño largamente contrastado con las realidades de la Compañía. Y llegó un momento en que tuvo que admitir que era imposible ganar.

La Flota se enfrentó sola a la situación, sin mercantes ni estaciones de soporte, sola, como había estado desde hacía mucho tiempo.

Lo avevano chiamato Thorn, e ancora neonato lo avevano affidato al più grande giudice-guerriero di quel mondo, Duun, perché lo allevasse come un membro della loro razza. Ma ben presto Thorn si rende conto di essere diverso; la sua pelle è chiara e priva di morbida pelliccia argentea, le sue mani mancano di artigli, e in tutto quel mondo non esiste un’altra creatura simile a lui. Quando poi gli attentati alla sua vita si moltiplicano, fino a condurre l’intero pianeta a una strenua guerra civile, Thorn capisce che deve cercare nello spazio la risposta all’enigma della sua origine, ben sapendo che da lui può dipendere il futuro di due lontane civiltà.

Nominato per i premi Hugo e Locus in 1986.

Gwiazda Pella, strategiczny punkt w konflikcie zbrojnym Kompanii Ziemskiej i międzygwiezdnych kolonii. Ten, kto kontroluje Stacje Pella, decyduje o zasięgu ziemskich sił obronnych bądź o skali ziemskiej ekspansji w celu odzyskania utraconego imperium. Ale Pell jest zdecydowany utrzymać neutralność za wszelką cenę.

Ludzie z Gwiazdy Pella

Powieść ta otrzymała nagrodę Hugo w roku 1982.

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COPYRIGHT Љ, 1978, BY C. J. CHERRYH

All Rights Reserved

Cover art by Gino D'Achille

Frontispiece sketch by the Author

For DON WOLLHEIM with most especial appreciation

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They 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.

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