Merchanter's Luck

Book Details

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Author(s):

C J Cherryh

First Pub:

1982

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

18 chapters

Internal ID:

13537

Series:

<- Downbelow Station - Rimrunners ->

The Company Wars*

#2 of 7

The Company Wars*

A science fiction series by C J Cherryh.

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1) Downbelow Station
2) Merchanter's Luck
3) Rimrunners
4) Heavy Time
5) Hellburner
6) Tripoint
7) Finity's End

Alliance-Union Universe

#3 of 27

Alliance-Union Universe

A collection of novels written by C.J. Cherryh which all take place in the same universe though some are very loosely connected. The order of these is from isfdb.org even though I normally like to order them by publication date. Since this mega-series encompasses so many other series, I've used this method instead.

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1) Alliance Rising
2) Downbelow Station
3) Merchanter's Luck
4) Rimrunners
5) Heavy Time
6) Hellburner
7) Tripoint
8) Finity's End
9) The Pride of Chanur
10) Chanur's Venture
11) The Kif Strike Back
12) Chanur's Homecoming
13) Chanur's Legacy
14) Forty Thousand in Gehenna
15) Cyteen
16) Regenesis
17) Port Eternity
18) Voyager in Night
19) Cuckoo's Egg
20) Kesrith
21) Shon'jir
22) Kutath
23) Serpent's Reach
24) Wave Without a Shore
25) The Scapegoat
26) Brothers of Earth
27) Hunter of Worlds

Copyright:

First Sentence:

Their names were Sandor and Allison... Kreja and Reilly respectively.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

But it was all one account, anyway.

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
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Added: 08-Feb-2023

Last Updated: 13-Feb-2023

Publications

01-Jul-1982

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jul-1982

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.50

Pages*:

208

Catalog ID:

UE2139

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

13056

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-886-77139-0

ISBN-13:

978-0-886-77139-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Barclay Shaw - Cover Artist

C.J. CHERRYH

His name was Sandor and he was the owner and entire crew of a tramp star-freighter that flew the Union planets under false papers and fake names.

Her name was Allison and she was a proud but junior member of the powerful family whose mighty starship, Dublin Again, was the true queen of the spaceways.

They met at Viking Station, she seeking a night's dalliance, he desperately in search of a spacer assistant.

Their fateful meeting was to lead to a record-breaking race to Downbelow Station, thereby catching the calculating eye of the grim commander of the Alliance battlecraft, Norway, and a terrifying showdown at a deadly destination off the cosmic charts.

A supercharged "space opera" by the award-winning author of THE FADED SUN and the "Morgaine" novels.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Printing, July 1982
Seventh printing based on the number line

Canada: $4.50

Author(s)

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

Awards

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I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
When specific publication dates are unknown (ie prefixed with a "Cir"), I try to get the publication date that is closest to the specific printing that I can.
When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.