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Hunter of Worlds

The Alliance-Union Universe
by C. J. Cherryh
Hunter of Worlds (The Alliance-Union Universe) by C. J. Cherryh
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A million people were about to die! The entire population of the planet Priamos was marked for death if one person on the surface could not be found in time. The staggering order was emotionless and inhuman - exactly like the Iduve, the strange aliens who handed down the decree.

Perhaps the most advanced and least understood race in the known universe, the Iduve lived in giant spaceships that roamed in random patterns around the galaxy. For nearly two hundred years one of these mammoth vessels, The Ashanome, had been stalking an offender... one of their own kind who betrayed an ancient rite and fled into the sanctuary of "human" space.

Now, as The Ashanome went into orbit around his hiding place, it was time for vaikka, the ultimate vengeance and return of honour which the Iduve cherished above all else. To accomplish their task, they commanded the aid of three very different individuals - Aiela Lyailleue, a young man of the peaceable Kallia race who was forcibly inducted into the Starlord's service, possibly never to see his home or family again; Daniel, a savage human with nothing but fear and blind hatred for his captors; and Isande, a beautiful woman who knew more about the Iduve than the Iduve themselves.

Together, through the process of Asuthi, all three had their minds melded into a single entity - learning not only each other's language, but each other's way of life, inner feelings and deepest secrets. For in a short time they would descend to the threatening surface of Priamos. Their mission: search out and kill the offender.

If they were to be successful, they would surely need the combined resources of all their wits and intuitive knowledge. Within a few short hours, the trio had to find the needle in the haystack - or they and the planet's million other men, women and children would perish in a single searing flash of white hot energy. The Iduve knew no other way...

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Category: Science Fiction, Space Opera
Release date: 1977

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C. J. Cherryh

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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Brothers of Earth (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 6.00 / 1
Hunter of Worlds (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 8.00 / 1
Serpent's Reach (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 8.00 / 2
Downbelow Station (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 7.00 / 6
Wave Without a Shore (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 5.00 / 1
Port Eternity (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 6.00 / 1
Merchanter's Luck (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 7.00 / 3
Forty Thousand in Gehenna (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 8.26 / 4
Voyager in Night (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 6.00 / 2
Cuckoo's Egg (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 8.50 / 2
Merovingen Nights: Angel with the Sword (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 7.00 / 2
Rimrunners (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 8.00 / 4
Heavy Time (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 8.00 / 3
Hellburner (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 7.34 / 3
Tripoint (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 8.34 / 3
Finity's End (The Alliance-Union Universe)
  ★ 6.00 / 2


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