Alliance Rising
Reeks: The Hinder Stars
C. J. Cherryh ; Jane S. Fancher
- 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 itself.
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