Cherryh, C. J.
Summary: Misunderstandings have led to war in the past and make human/atevi diplomacy incredibly difficult. Bren Cameron trained for decades to be the paidhi, the only human allowed to negotiate with the atevi, overseeing the slow transfer of advanced human technology to the brilliant but less advanced natives of the planet in trade for vital raw materials. Eventually, Bren changed sides, becoming the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHECherryh, C. J.
Summary: When the unexpected return of the Phoenix opens up the possibility of space travel to the atevi, Bren Cameron, a human trained in the art of atevi relations, is assigned to handle the delicate negotiations between humans and aliens. Trouble arises, however, from a third species whose presence may spark a three-sided conflagration unless Cameron succeeds in his difficult task.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHESmith, Sherwood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMIHuff, Tanya.
Summary: Jumping at the chance to go to Crucible, the Marine Corps training planet, to work with Major Svensson, Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr finds herself caught in a desperate fight for survival when someone begins attacking the training scenarios.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUFHuff, Tanya.
Summary: Charlotte, a Wild Power, partners with a family of Selkies to fight offshore oil drilling while her formidable Aunt Catherine is hired by the oil company to steal the Selkies' sealskins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUFSmith, Sherwood.
Summary: California girl Kim Murray is unsatisfied with grad school and restless in life, studying ballet and fencing because they remind her of older, more romantic times. Her secretive, aristocratic grandmother, who speaks only French and refuses to share stories about their mysterious family, inspires Kim to seek her roots in Europe, where she is swept up in an adventure of fantastic deceptions and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SMIHuff, Tanya.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUFLackey, Mercedes.
Summary: Once a heroic Captain in the army of Karse, a kingdom at war with Valdemar, Alberich becomes one of Valdemar's Heralds. Despite prejudice against him, he becomes the personal protector of young Queen Selenay. But can he protect her from the dangers of her own heart?
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LACBentley, C. F.
Summary: The world of Harmony, along with its close-knit colony planets, long ago isolated itself from the rest of the universe. But in a universe where the human-based Confederate Star System fleet finds itself hard-pressed to stand against ever-increasing attacks by the alien Marillon Empire, the Harmonic Empire cannot be left alone. For if the CSS cannot win an alliance with Harmony, the Marils will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENCherryh, C. J.
Summary: Cajeiri, the young son of the powerful leader of the Western Association, has become a target for forces bent on destroying his father's rule. For Cajeiri is the first "ateva" youth to have lived in a human environment and the first of his people to ever truly understand the so similar--yet so dangerously different--aliens who share his home planet and threaten the hidebound customs of his race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2009
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Summary: While the world of the atevi fragments into two antagonistic political camps, eight-year-old Cajeiri, the heir of Tabini-aiji--and the first atevi to have an understanding of the humans--becomes a target for those who oppose his father's rule.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books, Inc. 2007
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Summary: Exhausted from a two-year rescue mission to a distant sector of space, and with resources strained by four thousand extra mouths to feed, the crew of the starship Phoenix yearns for the luxuries of home. But when the ship makes the final jump into atevi space, they learn the worst: supplies to their home station have been cut off; civil war has broken out on the atevi mainland; the powerful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHELackey, Mercedes.
Summary: A former captain in the Army of Karse, Alberich must take a perilous stand when his long-hidden psychic talents are revealed, and he is rescued from certain death and chosen to serve the queen of Valdemar, Karse's archenemy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books, Inc. 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LACCherryh, C. J.
Summary: "At last--Cajeiri has his young guests from the starship, three young folk entranced by weather and trees and creatures with minds of their own. It's all he dreamed of ... But now safety is foremost: Cajeiri's grandfather has been assassinated, hostile Assassins Guild invaded Great-uncle's house, and now Bren Cameron, paidhi-aiji, who was sent to keep the aiji's son safe, has more than the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHEWilliams, Tad.
Summary: With King Olin imprisoned and Prince Kendrick slain, the royal twins Barrick and Briony have been forced to flee their homeland. But both families and nations can hide dark and terrible secrets, and even if Barrick and Briony survive learning the astonishing truths at the heart of their own family and of Southmarch itself, they must still find a way to reclaim their kingdom and rescue their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILCherryh, C. J.
Summary: The civil war among the alien atevi is over-- but peace and tranquility are not in the cards for Bren. Cajeiri, the young son of Tabini-aiai, the ruler, slips away from his bodyguards for an adventure. When rebel clans attack, Bren's pastoral retreat becomes a locked-down fortress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHERawn, Melanie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FAN RawnBenjamin, Curt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENBradley, Marion Zimmer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRALackey, Mercedes.
Summary: Home from the Sea combines East of the Sun and West of the Moon, as well as Tam Lin, with the Selkie of Sul Skerry. We'll see Nan and Sarah (from Wizard of London) as adults, coming into their own, and Grey and Neville, of course!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LACLackey, Mercedes.
Summary: Princess Elspeth the Herald and her partner, Tayledras adept Darkwind, return to Valdemar to confront the evil that is threatening her homeland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LACFriedman, C. S.
Summary: Twelve centuries after fate first stranded the colonists on Erna, the evil fae attack the human forces in an all out attempt to destroy them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRIFriedman, C. S.
Summary: Kamala, a peasant woman well-versed in powerful magic, is sought after by the Magister sorcerers for murder and flees to the northern Protectorates where a curse called the Wrath warps her spells.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRIHickman, Tracy.
Summary: Human slave warrior Drakis and a determined elf join forces to free the enslaved races of the Rhonas Empire, to remind them of a time when they possessed magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2010