The second volume of the Chanur saga, set in the Alliance-Union universe, featuring the alien spaceship captain Pyanfar Chanur and her human crewmate Tully.
In this sequel to The Pride of Chanur, Pyanfar Chanur and her human companion, Tully, must sensitive complex interstellar politics without getting caught in an all-out war.
Two years after the events of the previous book, Pyanfar returns to Meetpoint Station with the hani spaceship The Pride of Chanur to find her comrades Goldtooth and Tully. Goldtooth advises Pyanfar to take Tully, whom the enemy kif are hunting, and head for mahen space. The mahendo'sat, on the other hand, retrieved Tully from human space and are paving the way for a fleet of human ships to open up trade with the central Compact.
But the kif and the stsho oppose the humans' presence, for fear of losing their place and influence in the Compact. The kif are themselves involved in a power struggle: two kif leaders, Akkhtimakt and Sikkukkut, are vying for the lofty position of mekt-hakkikt. Sikkukkut draws a reluctant Pyanfar into the feud, and her association with the kif puts her at odds with the han. Then, when the kif conflict spills over into hani space, all she and Tully can do is stay alive until Goldtooth and the human ships arrive.
In this sequel to The Pride of Chanur, Pyanfar Chanur and her human companion, Tully, must sensitive complex interstellar politics without getting caught in an all-out war.
Two years after the events of the previous book, Pyanfar returns to Meetpoint Station with the hani spaceship The Pride of Chanur to find her comrades Goldtooth and Tully. Goldtooth advises Pyanfar to take Tully, whom the enemy kif are hunting, and head for mahen space. The mahendo'sat, on the other hand, retrieved Tully from human space and are paving the way for a fleet of human ships to open up trade with the central Compact.
But the kif and the stsho oppose the humans' presence, for fear of losing their place and influence in the Compact. The kif are themselves involved in a power struggle: two kif leaders, Akkhtimakt and Sikkukkut, are vying for the lofty position of mekt-hakkikt. Sikkukkut draws a reluctant Pyanfar into the feud, and her association with the kif puts her at odds with the han. Then, when the kif conflict spills over into hani space, all she and Tully can do is stay alive until Goldtooth and the human ships arrive.
Book Details
Format:
eBook
Price:
6.99 CAD / 5.99 USD
Published: 1987-01-06
ISBN: 9781101660829
Imprint:
DAW Books
Page Count: 320
Praise for the Chanur novels:
"Furiously paced action... intricate, interesting, precarious alien politics." —Publishers Weekly
"Like the other Chanur novels, Chanur's Legacy is a lively tale of swashbuckling capitalism in space... This new series offers good reading and genuine fun." —Locus
"Cherryh has given us an alien psychology story, and she has done a grand job. It is a mark of Cherryh's success that here, it is the human who seems alien." —Analog
"This is a rousing good tale, and Cherryh's feisty hani are the most believable alien characters to come down the SF pike in a long time." —Kliatt
"C.J. Cherryh can be counted on for a fast-paced story and intricately worked-out alien cultures." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Desperate and dangerous action, and political on both the grand scale and the small... fascinating aliens and fast-moving adventure. Rating: Three wows and a lot of purring." —SF Review
"Purely exhilarating... first-rate science fiction adventure.” —Minneapolis Tribune
"Compellingly written, with distinctive characters and well-realized races and cultures." —Fantasy Review
"Cherryh's performance as a writer is... on a level of quality to which few writers will ever attain... and uncommonly deft storyteller..." —The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
"The political intrigues are as desperate and incomprehensible as anything in the newspapers... Space opera at its best." —Feminist Bookstore News
