false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170461552m/57042.jpg 57042 5 They were the mri&mdash;tall, secretive, bound by honor and the rigid dictates of their society. For aeons this golden-skinned, golden-eyed race had provided the universe mercenary soldiers of almost unimaginable ability. But now the mri have faced an enemy unlike any other&mdash;an enemy whose only way of war is widespread destruction. These "humans" are mass fighters, creatures of the herb, and the mri have been slaughtered like animals. Now, in the aftermath of war, the mri face extinction. It will be up to three individuals to save whatever remains of this devastated race: a warrior&mdash;one of the last survivors of his kind; a priestess of this honorable people; and a lone human&mdash;a man sworn to aid the enemy of his own kind. Can they retrace the galaxy-wide path of this nomadic race back through millennia to reclaim the ancient world which first gave them life? "This is a powerful story&hellip;inspiring in its determination and feeling of strange loyalties and stranger courage. It sticks in the mind long after the last page is finished."-- <i>Analog</i> 55570 1987 The Faded Sun Trilogy (Alliance-Union Universe) total:482|5:177|4:157|3:117|2:28|1:3| 482 1923 633 32 4 1 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 21:25:43 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 21:37:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon Feb 09 14:15:37 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 14:25:50 -0800 2009 1
This is excellent science fiction. Cherryh's great achievement here is the creation of not one, but two mindsets that are believable, yet pervasive...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 01 09:42:16 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 26 11:56:33 -0700 2008
A lone human is...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 07:48:37 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 19:05:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Oct 09 21:53:54 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 21:57:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jan 12 10:28:12 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 10:28:12 -0800 2009 2 The Faded Sun Trilogy combines believable characters and intriguing alien species with a grace typical of C.J. Cherryh's early novels.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Mon May 18 14:28:10 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 14:29:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 15 10:17:39 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 10:19:52 -0700 2009 The Mri are written so skilfully.
You get sucked in and believe that you are a mri or at least the human who winds up accompanying them.
Wow.
Almost my favorite C.J. books.
Have read these at least 3 times.
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It's hard to write believable alien races. Like a quote I once read somewhere said, it's challenging to write ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 21 06:15:12 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 06:33:17 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun May 04 21:56:35 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 22:25:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Apr 24 11:09:39 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 11:19:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 29 00:09:37 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 00:09:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Apr 05 22:35:52 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 22:40:22 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=57042