Cuckoo's Egg
Hugo Award nominee 1986.
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 castle, 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.
C. J. Cherryh
C. J. Cherryh (born 1942) is the pen name of Carolyn Janice Cherry, a multiple-award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer. She currently resides in Spokane County, Washington.
Cherryh is pronounced ”Cherry”. The author appended a silent ”h” to her real name because her first editor felt that ”Cherry” sounded too much like a romance writer.
The asteroid 77185 Cherryh has been named in her honour.
The Alliance-Union Universe
Mankind has flown to the stars, expanding far into the void. But relations between the colonies and Earth become tense, resulting in the forming of the Merchanters' Alliance and The Union.
The Alliance-Union Universe consists of 16 total books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
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