Hestia

Book Details

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Author(s):

C J Cherryh

First Pub:

1979

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

16 Chapters

Internal ID:

1896

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

The shuttle was visible through the rain-spattered glass, an alien shape in New Hope, towering sleek and silver among brown, unpainted buildings.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

But there were no lights along the river this year, none, until the station.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

DAW book 354.

Extract not on file

Added: 12-Jul-2015

Last Updated: 07-Apr-2020

04-Sep-1979

DAW Books

Paperback

Date Issued:

04-Sep-1979

Format:

Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.95

Pages*:

160

Pub Series #:

354

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1629

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-879-97488-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-879-97488-6

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Don Maitz - Cover Artist

C.J. CHERRYH

After a hundred pioneer years, the colony on Hestia seemed to be nearing its end. Its holdings on that green and fertile planet were still limited to a single river in one valley. Everywhere else hostile fauna hedged them in.

A dam could break the deadlock, and they needed an engineer to build it for them. Sam Merrit was the man who came in answer to their S.O.S. - and he wanted out as soon as he landed. But once down on Hestia, it was live or die within the colony.

So Sam stayed - to discover certain anomalies that the hardscrabble colonists had thrust from their minds.

HESTIA is a gripping new science fiction novel by the talented author of THE FADED SUN and BROTHERS OF EARTH.

A DAW BOOKS ORIGINAL
FIRST
TIME IN PAPERBACK

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Notes and Comments:

04-Sep-1979
DAW Books
Paperback

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Author(s)

C J Cherryh
Birth: 01 Sep 1942 St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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