Pride of Chanur

C. J. Cherryh

Book 1 of Chanur

Language: English

Publisher: Mandarin

Published: Oct 15, 1982

Description:

No one at Meetpoint Station had ever seen a creature like the Outsider. Naked-hided, blunt toothed and blunt-fingered, Tully was the sole surviving member of his company -- a communicative, spacefaring species hitherto unknown -- and he was a prisoner of his discoverer/ captors the sadistic, treacherous kif, until his escape onto the hani ship The Pride of Chanur.

Little did he know when he threw himself upon the mercy of The Pride and her crew that he put the entire hani species in jeopardy and imperiled the peace of the Compact itself. For the information this fugitive held could be the ruin or glory of any of the species at Meetpoint Station.

Cover art by Michael Whelan

Review

Cherryh has given us an alien psychology story, and she has done a grand job.  It is a mark of Cherryh's success thet here it is the human who seems alien
--Analog

This book and the rest of the Chanur series...comprise one of the best scence fiction tales ever. Don't miss it."
--Minneapolis Star and Tribune

"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.... These swaggering, vain, tough-talking, hani heroines make Chewbacca look like a pussycat."
--Kliatt

"C.J. Cherryh can be counted on for a fast-paced story and intricately worked-out alien cultures."
--San Francisco Chronicle

No one at Meetpoint Station had ever seen a creature like the Outsider. Naked-hided, blunt toothed and blunt-fingered, Tully was the sole surviving member of his company -- a communicative, spacefaring species hitherto unknown -- and he was a prisoner of his discoverer/ captors the sadistic, treacherous kif, until his escape onto the hani ship The Pride of Chanur.

Little did he know when he threw himself upon the mercy of The Pride and her crew that he put the entire hani species in jeopardy and imperiled the peace of the Compact itself. For the information this fugitive held could be the ruin or glory of any of the species at Meetpoint Station.

Cover art by Michael Whelan