Alliance-Union Universe Series

32 primary works • 32 total works
In approximate chronological (not publication) order:

Notes:
Timeline is fuzzy and overlaps; books listed after Regenesis happen much, much later and are only tangentially related.

According to the author's website:
The novels in this universe, except Hellburner and Heavy Time, and Cyteen and Regenesis, can be read completely out of order...just like r…
Alliance Rising
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4.20 · 932 Ratings · 160 Reviews · published 2019 · 6 editions
SFWA Grand Master Cherryh returns to the Hugo-awar…

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    Alliance Unbound
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    4.42     · 377 Ratings · 60 Reviews · published 2023 · 3 editions
    The second novel of The Hinder Stars series return…

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    Heavy Time
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    3.81     · 1952 Ratings · 120 Reviews · published 1991 · 31 editions
    Discovered alone and without his memory on his dri…

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    Hellburner
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    3.87     · 1589 Ratings · 83 Reviews · published 1992 · 2 editions
    A futuristic tale of governmental coverups, betray…

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    Downbelow Station
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    3.90     · 16483 Ratings · 914 Reviews · published 1981 · 2 editions
    A legend among sci-fi readers, C. J. Cherryh's Uni…

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    Merchanter's Luck
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    4.05     · 2906 Ratings · 220 Reviews · published 1982 · 22 editions
    The fateful meeting between the owner of a tramp s…

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    Rimrunners
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    3.86     · 2201 Ratings · 126 Reviews · published 1989 · 13 editions
    Loki is a mercenary ship and bounty hunter. Bet Ye…

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    Tripoint
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    3.91     · 1385 Ratings · 72 Reviews · published 1994 · 4 editions
    Merchanter Cargo Chief Marie Hawkins has never for…

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    Finity's End
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    4.12     · 1488 Ratings · 79 Reviews · published 1997 · 19 editions
    Finity's End is the oldest Merchanter ship in the …

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    The Pride of Chanur
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    3.95     · 7779 Ratings · 422 Reviews · published 1981 · 39 editions
    When Tully, a fugitive from a spaceship captured b…

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    Chanur's Venture
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    4.04     · 3332 Ratings · 134 Reviews · published 1984 · 30 editions
    In the sequel to Pride of Chanur, Tully returns, a…

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    The Kif Strike Back
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    4.12     · 2812 Ratings · 93 Reviews · published 1985 · 1 edition
    Pyanfar, captain of The Pride of Chanur, journeys …

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    Chanur's Homecoming
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    4.19     · 3289 Ratings · 105 Reviews · published 1986 · 26 editions
    As the races of the Compact alliance mobilize for …

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    Chanur's Legacy
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    4.14     · 2405 Ratings · 78 Reviews · published 1992 · 20 editions
    National best-selling author C.J. Cherryh continue…

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    Forty Thousand in Gehenna
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    3.81     · 2194 Ratings · 162 Reviews · published 1983 · 22 editions
    When forty thousand human colonists are abandoned …

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    Cyteen
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    4.00     · 10650 Ratings · 483 Reviews · published 1988 · 24 editions
    A brilliant young scientist rises to power on Cyte…

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    Regenesis
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    4.06     · 1510 Ratings · 162 Reviews · published 2009 · 11 editions
    The direct sequel to the Hugo Award- winning novel…

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    Port Eternity
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    3.54     · 688 Ratings · 54 Reviews · published 1982 · 20 editions
    Their names were Lancelot, Elaine, Percivale, Gawa…

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    Voyager in Night
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    3.51     · 544 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 1984 · 1 edition
    Rafe Murray, his sister Jillian, and Jillian's hus…

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    Cuckoo's Egg
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    3.96     · 1817 Ratings · 116 Reviews · published 1985 · 24 editions
    1st Mandarin edition paperback new

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    Kesrith
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    3.95     · 2527 Ratings · 139 Reviews · published 1978 · 21 editions
    This is the story of three people: Sten Duncan, a …

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    Shon'jir
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    4.06     · 1605 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 1978 · 1 edition
    Sten Duncan had saved the lives of the last two of…

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    Kutath
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    4.08     · 1587 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 1979 · 1 edition
    Kutath was an ancient world and a dying one. In ag…

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    Serpent's Reach
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    3.90     · 1439 Ratings · 72 Reviews · published 1980 · 25 editions
    Within the Constellation of the Serpent, out of bo…

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    Wave Without a Shore
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    3.69     · 668 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 1981 · 16 editions
    Freedom was an isolated planet, off the spaceways …

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    Brothers of Earth
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    3.68     · 613 Ratings · 47 Reviews · published 1976 · 7 editions
    The sole survivor of a spaceship battle, Kurt Morg…

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    Hunter of Worlds
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    3.81     · 662 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 1977 · 13 editions
    A million people were about to die! The entire pop…

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    Angel with the Sword
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    3.82     · 1024 Ratings · 69 Reviews · published 1985 · 15 editions
    In a fantastic city of canals, seventeen-year-old …

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    Gate of Ivrel
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    3.91     · 2808 Ratings · 186 Reviews · published 1976 · 27 editions
    Scattered about the galaxy were the time-space, ga…

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    Well of Shiuan
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    3.93     · 1476 Ratings · 75 Reviews · published 1978 · 23 editions
    Book by Cherryh, C. J.

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    Fires of Azeroth
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    4.06     · 1316 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 1979 · 22 editions

    The Gates were relics of a lost era. The Union Sci…

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    Exile's Gate
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    4.09     · 1783 Ratings · 87 Reviews · published 1988 · 12 editions
    The fourth and final book in the epic Morgaine sci…

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