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Alliance Rising
Alliance Rising: The Hinder Stars I | C. J. Cherryh, Jane S. Fancher
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SFWA Grand Master Cherryh returns to the Hugo-award winning Alliance-Union Universe with a thrilling entry in her far-reaching sci-fi saga. For years, the stations of the Hinder Stars, those old stations closest to Sol, have lagged behind the great megastations of the Beyond, like Pell and Cyteen. But new opportunities and fears arise when Alpha station receives news of an incoming ship with no identification. The denizens of Alpha wait anxiously for news about the outsiders, each with their own suspicions about the ship and its origins. Ross and Fallon, crew members of the Galway, believe the unidentified ship belongs to Pell and has come to investigate another massive ship docked at Alpha, The Rights of Man. Though Rights is under the command of the Earth Company, it is not quite perfected--and its true purpose is shrouded in mystery. James Robert Neihart, captain of Finity's End--a huge faster-than-light ship flown by one of the Merchanter Families--has heard whispers of The Rights of Man and wonders at its design and purpose, especially as Sol struggles to rival the progress of the Farther Stars. Now docked at Alpha, he must convince the crews that there is more to The Rights of Man than meets the eye. Because the reasons behind the creation of The Rights of Man, and its true plans, could change everything--not just for Sol, but for the Hinder Stars and the Beyond itslf.
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welltemperedwriter
Alliance Rising: The Hinder Stars I | C. J. Cherryh, Jane S. Fancher
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Really happy to be back in Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe. Downbelow Station was one of the first non-juvenile SF books I ever read.

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anissaannalise
Alliance Rising: The Hinder Stars I | C. J. Cherryh, Jane S. Fancher

"It wasn't that the EC didn't understand different cultures, had never come face to face with. Independence. Real self-reliance. Spacers no longer needed EC for survival. That had been true from the time the Pell station core had left Venture, bound for a star with a living world. "

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anissaannalise
Alliance Rising: The Hinder Stars I | C. J. Cherryh, Jane S. Fancher
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"Human history could turn on one fool's heavy-handed order."

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RamsFan1963
Alliance Rising: The Hinder Stars I | C. J. Cherryh, Jane S. Fancher
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I wasn't sure about this one at first. Although I'd enjoyed other of Cherryh's Alliance/Union novels, this one started with a little too much info dumping. Fortunately, around page 60, the book takes off and keep a rocket pace until the very end. World building is Cherryh's strong point, and the different societies, the spacers, the stationers and the people still holding on to old Earth, were well drawn and uniquely different. 4 💥💥💥💥 out of 5

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