"There will be," he said to her, and reckoned that he had told her the truth.
The war was done. They were free of regul. A human shipthere would be thata chance for them. It was the most the mri would ever ask of tsi'mri.
"There will be that," he said. She closed her eyes then.
"Shon'ai," she said, with a taut, faint smile. He did not know the word. But he thought that she meant acceptance.
The deck slanted. They were coming in. He told her so.
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The Faded Sun Trilogy [volume 1] KESRITH
This is the story of three people: Sten Duncan,a soldier of humanity; Niun, last warrior of the mri, humanity's enemies; Melein, priestess-queen of the final fallen mri stronghold.
This is the story of two mighty species fighting for a galaxy: humanity driving out from Earth, and the enigmatic regul struggling to hold their stars with mri mercenaries.
This is a story of diplomacy and warfare, of conspiracy and betrayal, and of three flesh-and-blood people who found themselves thrown together in a life-and-death alliance.
This latest novel from the author of Brothers of Earth and Hunter of Worlds is top-flight science fiction worthy of the winner of the John W. Campbell Award.
A selection of the Science Fiction Book Club.
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