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Chanur's Legacy

by C. J. CherryhBook 5 of 5 in Alliance-Union: The Chanur Series

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Description

Hilfy Chanur, young captain of the merchant ship Chanur's Legacy, accepts a commission from a dignitary on the planet Meetpoint to deliver a religious artifact to nearby Urtur Station. The arrangement soon becomes a tangle of interstellar intrigue as Hilfy and her crew battle kidnappers, assassins, and smooth politicians while fighting their own inborn prejudices.

What it’s like

ThemeSpace Fantasy First Contact Tangled Web Identity & Selfhood

ViolenceStandard

CombatIncidental

Awards

FinalistLocus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1993

Details

First published: August 1992
Pages: 416
Reading time: About 8 hours
Format: Novel
Audience: Adult
Publisher: DAW
Language: English
ISBN: 9780886775599
Series: Alliance-Union: The Chanur Series, Book 5

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