C.J. Cherryh Livres

THE FALL ACCORDING TO C.J. CHERRYHThe Roman Empire. Imagine its fall. Now imagine that warring time with cannon—and a working system of magic. C.J. Cherryh did. In The Sword of Knowledge, Cherryh has explored the fall of empires and the impact of technological knowledge while replacing the repressed religion of the Christians with a Church of Knowledge.In A Dirge for Sabis we saw the Sabirn Empire fall to barbarians because the rulers were too inflexible to make use of the technology available to them.Wizard Spawn opens centuries later, with the Sabirn empire a blighted memory and the barbarians established as the new and oppressive rulers.Now another half millennium has passed, and new barbarians are on the rise. It will be a battle of barbarian vigor vs. The Sword of Knowledge in Reap the Whirlwind!

This omnibus contains the final two Chanur novels, Chanur's Homecoming and Chanur's Legacy . This groundbreaking series chronicles the compelling first contact between humans and multiple alien races, and is noted for its unique that of the alien protagonists.These two books feature the adventures of Tully, the only human crewmember of the spaceship Pride of Chanur; the ship's hani captain, Pyanfar; and Hilfy Chanur, Pyanfar's niece and crewmember who goes on to become the captain of her own ship, Chanur's Legacy. They must navigate delicate interstellar politics and interspecies conflict, even as the fate of worlds hangs in the balance.