C.j. Cherryh

Un misterioso proyecto de los humanos y los mahendosat involucra de nuevo a la capitana hani Pyanfar Chanur y a su tripulación en una intriga estelar de grandes proporciones. De nuevo la compleja e inestable relación entre las especies que forman el Pacto se halla amenzada, al tiempo que la propia Pyanfar ve en peligro el futuro de la casa de Chanur en su planeta natal.

"I Dreamed of Owl. That Means Wizardry is Near." Tristen is a weapon in an ancient war between wizardry and sorcery. He is a summoning and a shaping, brought to life by a wizard. And his sword is a weapon as well. Its keen blade, marked Illusion on one side and Truth on the other, once helped Tristen win the throne of Ylesuin for the young king Cefwyn, gaining Tristen the stewardship of the brave country of Amefel. Tristen's rule in Amefel is blessed with two extraordinary friends: one a stalwart and simple warrior, the other a young rebel with royal blood. But the scarlet banners of war are unfolding again, and far more than a kingdom is at stake. Now Tristen must take up the sword--as well as the Sihhë magic he has forsworn. He is destiny's own, created a combatant in a far older and more fearsome conflict than any ever imagined by mere mortal man. And he is about to do battle once more. . . . Rich with magic, intrigue, and adventure, this high fantasy series from the acclaimed C. J. Cherryh brings to life an enchanting world as real as, yet far more wondrous, than our own.

Deep in an abandoned, shattered castle, an old man of the Old Magic muttered almost forgotten words. His purpose -- to create out of the insubstance of the air, from a shimmering of light and a fluttering of shadows. that most wonderous of spells, a Shaping. A Shaping in the form of a, young man who will be sent east on the road the old was to old to travel. To right the wrongs of a long-forgotten wizard war, and call new wars into being. Here is the long-awaited major new novel from one of the brightest stars in the fantasy and science fiction firmament. C.J.Cherryh's haunting story of the wizard Mauryl, kingmaker for a thousand years of Men, and Tristen, fated to sow distrust between a prince and his father being. A tale as deep as legend and a intimate as love, it tells of a battle beyond Time, in which all Destiny turns on the wheel of an old man's ambition, a young man's innocence, and the unkept promised of a king to come.

It started long ago, as a war between the shadowy Immortals that persists today, as the wizard Mauryl's Shaping confronts the Shadows summoned from Chaos. Tristen is that Shaping. Both more and less than human, he successfully fought sorcery's evil tides, a victory that brought his friend Cefwyn both a kingdom and true love. But the Lines that hold the world in place are shifting again. A ruthless enemy is preparing for battle. Once again, Tristen will take up the sword inscribed with "Truth" and "Illusion" on its blade. But he faces more than war and a pretender to Cefwyn's throne. The Shadows he sees are straight from Ruin -- a flow of darkness covering the world like ink... Fortress of Dragons completes the high-fantasy epic begun in Fortress in the Eye of Time and continued in Fortress of Eagles and Fortress of Owls --a powerful tale set in a world of magic, violence, wonder and awe -- a world as vividly real as our own.

Han pasado casi cinco siglos desde que los humanos encontraran a los atevi, una civilización donde el asesinato es la única ley. En aquel tiempo, la guerra fue inevitable. Ahora, doscientos años después de que un pacto pusiera fin al conflicto, las dos especies conviven en una tensa calma. Pero un asesino anda tras la pista de Bren Cameron, el único humano autorizado para mezclarse con los atevi. Y si consigue su objetivo, la frágil paz entre ambas civilizaciones podría romperse sin remedio...C. J. Cherryh es una de las escritoras de ciencia ficción más elogiadas en la actualidad. El éxito de El extranjero, que fue concebida como novela aislada, fue tal que forzó a la autora a continuar la historia en obras posteriores, dando así lugar a la saga del mismo título.

Los comerciantes hani y sus antiguos enemigos, los kif, coexisten en precaria paz en la estación Punto de Encuentro. Hasta que el Extraño aparece y provoca la gran conmoción que acabará poniendo en peligro el pacto interestelar entre diversas especies. La capitana hani Pyanfar Chanur debera afrontar la persecucion de los kif, con la ayuda de los mahendo sat y la constante presencia de los misteriosos knnn. Y todo ello sin olvidar la defensa de la mismisima casa de Chanur en su planeta natal.

Bet Yeager parece haber tocado fondo; sin hogar, abandonada en una estación espacial destinada a desaparecer, se ha visto condenada a la marginación, de la que el crimen no queda excluido. La huida de la estacion espacial representa para Yeager la llegada a otro mundo mas peligroso: la vida entre la tripulacion de la Loki, su postura ante las rencillas internas, y tal vez, la necesidad de luchar contra aquellos junto a los que ha deseado volver durante tantos años.