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In the far reaches of space the descendants of humanity have evolved into two vastly different cultures. On the planet Rire, the Reetions use computer technology to ensure comfort and equality for all. On Gelion, genetically modified Sevolites adhere to a strict hierarchy based on racial purity and ones ability to wield a sword.
As war threatens to destroy both worlds, two men, Erien of Rire and Amel of Gelion, attempt to preserve the fragile peace. Together they hope to unravel the complex web of intrigues and ancient hatred that threatens to destroy humanity itself.
This is book four of the Okal Rel Saga, a massive ten part epic, of love, war, betrayal, and hope.
Gelion and Rire, two rival empires, stand on the brink of war in Throne Price, a stand-alone SF novel that reads like a sequel, by Canadian authors Lynda Williams and Alison Sinclair. Readers who persist through the confusing verbiage at the opening will find a decent, if not particularly memorable, yarn. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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Ryan Hawes
reviewed Throne Price on September 20, 2013 Throne Price
Superb writing, intensely real.
This book has two main threads, one following "Fletcher" who is returned to his family merchanted space ship after 17 years, and one thread following "JR" who is on a "command track" to be one of the Captains someday.
I very much enjoyed the Fletcher thread, and felt his wonder and joy with the Hisa semi-intelligent alien race on the planet Pell ("Downbelow Station") which I mentioned in the review of that book. He is effectively "legally kidnapped" by his space-faring family, whom he has never met. I really felt very angry at him being ripped from a life he loved, and a new first girlfriend, and into a life of a spacer with rules and behaviours totally unknown to him. This thread is amazingly emotional and wonderfully written.
The JR thread was amazingly technical and political, showing how the very capable JR grows into the role of command, and being also saddled with bringing Fletcher into the family, and into his new life. This thread is so clearly written that you do feel you are there, but the politics and activities of a warrior-merchant spaceship do ramble on and on too much, I felt.
Overall, I loved Cherryh's "Merchanter's Luck" best, with Rimrunners, Downbelow Station, Tripoint and Finity's End second place. Heavy Time and Hellburner were too bloated to fully enjoy, ... in my rarely humble opinion ...
For Cherryh, the Alliance-Union universe books are (mostly) fantastic -
* In order to read:
Downbelow Station (1981) - Superb!!
Merchanter's Luck (1982) - Perhaps her best ever!
Rimrunners (1989) - Very good!
Heavy Time (1991) - good, but long winded
Hellburner (1992) - good, but long winded
Tripoint (1994) - very good
Finity's End (1997) - Superb
Forty Thousand in Gehenna (1983) - good but uneven, important for Cyteen and Regenesis
Cyteen (1988) - Superb
Regenesis (2009) - Superb
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