CJ Cherryh Books in Order

Kurt Morgan survives a space battle only to become stranded on an unfamiliar planet. As he learns the customs of its inhabitants, he is drawn into their civil conflicts and discovers that another human has arrived before him.

Exiled warrior Vanye becomes bound to serve Morgaine, a woman whose reputation comes from a distant age. Her mission to destroy dangerous gateways through space and time draws him into clan rivalries, pursuit, and questions about loyalty.

A powerful alien species demands that a space station surrender one of its residents. Taken aboard their ship, the captive is linked mentally with other prisoners and forced to navigate relationships between species with very different values.

After a long war, the regul surrender the desert planet Kesrith to humanity without informing their mri mercenaries. Human soldier Sten Duncan becomes entangled with warrior Niun and priestess Melein as political betrayals threaten the mri's survival.

Mri survivors Niun and Melein flee Kesrith with human soldier Sten Duncan, who has become loyal to them. Their journey across space follows an ancient route toward a lost homeworld that may offer their people a future.

Morgaine and Vanye pursue an enemy through a gateway into a world being swallowed by rising seas. Their mission to close the dangerous gates conflicts with the inhabitants' desperate hope of escaping a land that is dying.

Morgaine and Vanye enter Azeroth with an invading army following them from a dying world. As they seek help among its inhabitants, their mission to close the gates becomes entangled with local loyalties and the invaders' divisions.

Engineer Sam Merrit arrives on Hestia to build a dam for a struggling human colony. Learning that the project threatens the native inhabitants, he questions the colonists' assumptions and becomes caught between their demands and an alien community.

Niun, Melein, and their human companion Sten Duncan reach the ancient mri homeworld of Kutath. On a planet nearing its end, their return brings questions about identity and survival while human and regul interests continue to threaten them.

After her family is destroyed, Raen seeks protection among the insectlike Majat in a region closed to outsiders. Her determination to avenge the attack draws her into rival human houses and threatens the delicate relationship between species.

Pell Station becomes a crucial stronghold as Earth's forces fight the rebel Union for control of interstellar space. Its leaders must manage refugees, competing military demands, and political alliances while trying to keep the station and its population safe.

An escaped human prisoner seeks refuge aboard Pyanfar Chanur's alien merchant ship. Protecting him from the kif places her crew in danger and threatens the balance between the species that share the trading stations of the Compact.

On the isolated planet Freedom, native-born humans deny the existence of aliens whom visiting traders can plainly see. A confrontation over perception and reality disrupts this arrangement, exposing the consequences of a society's refusal to acknowledge others.

Struggling freighter captain Sandor Kreja meets Allison Reilly, an ambitious officer from a prosperous merchant family. Pursuing her into Alliance space offers a chance to rebuild his livelihood, but a new crew and dangerous cargo complicate his plans.

A wealthy woman's space yacht is staffed by cloned servants assigned roles from Arthurian legend. When the vessel encounters a disruption in space and time, its occupants must confront an unfamiliar reality beyond their carefully constructed fantasy.

Thousands of humans and programmed workers are left on the planet Gehenna, cut off from supplies. Across generations, their descendants develop new societies and relationships with the native calibans while outside powers observe the abandoned colony's transformation.

This omnibus combines The Dreamstone and The Tree of Swords and Jewels. Arafel, guardian of the remaining elven forest, and a mortal lord with elven ancestry confront the spread of human power and threats to both their worlds.

Lord Ciaran's elven heritage makes him an object of suspicion among his family and neighboring rulers. When Arafel asks for help against newly awakened dark forces, he faces obligations to his human people and the endangered realm of Faery.

Pyanfar Chanur returns to Meetpoint Station and finds the human Tully caught in plans to open trade with his species. Rival alien powers fear losing influence, pulling her ship into political maneuvers that could become an interstellar war.

Three struggling spacers outfit a salvaged ship to mine near Endeavor Station. An encounter with an immense alien vessel turns their search for a livelihood into an unsettling first contact involving ancient machinery and experiments on its human visitors.

Altair Jones earns her living along the dangerous canals of Merovingen, beneath the towers of its wealthy citizens. Rescuing a highborn stranger from drowning draws her into political struggles where her practical skills become essential to survival.

The alien warrior Duun raises a human child named Thorn in isolation, training him according to his own people's traditions. As Thorn grows, his differences raise questions about his identity and the purpose behind his unusual upbringing.

When the kif capture Hilfy and the human Tully, Captain Pyanfar Chanur takes her crew to Mkks Station to rescue them. The mission draws her into shifting alliances and a political conflict involving several very different alien species.

A fleet of human ships approaches Compact space while rival alien factions devastate its stations. Pyanfar Chanur must protect her crew and homeworld, which lies in the path of a battle that threatens the future of her species.

This collection combines short fiction with essays about science fiction, alien languages, archaeology, and extraterrestrial life. Stories include an oracle discovered on another world, a legal dispute involving magic, and a space probe returning from its mission.

Julius Caesar assembles an army in Hell, where historical rulers and strategists continue their rivalries after death. His ambitions unfold amid advanced weaponry, political maneuvering, and the arrival of Brutus, whose memories of his past are incomplete.

This shared-world anthology follows historical figures confronting their afterlives in Hell. Stories feature soldiers, explorers, and thinkers such as Jeb Stuart, Richard Burton, and Copernicus, with contributions by C. J. Cherryh, Janet Morris, David Drake, and others.

Morgaine and Vanye continue their mission to close dangerous gateways between worlds. They encounter Gault, a figure combining human and alien qualities, whose ambitions lead Morgaine toward a confrontation with a mysterious master of the gates.

Scientist Ariane Emory dominates the politics and cloning industry of Cyteen until she is murdered. Her death traps rivals and dependents in a new experiment at Reseune, where efforts to reproduce her involve both genetics and carefully controlled upbringing.

Exiled sword master Shoka lives in seclusion after betrayal at the imperial court. When a determined young woman demands training to avenge her people's suffering, their reluctant partnership draws him back toward the struggles consuming the empire.

The Sabirn Empire faces invasion as its armies retreat and wealthy citizens flee overseas. A weapon far ahead of its time might change the balance, but its development depends on rulers willing to recognize its value and fund it.

Centuries after the Sabirn Empire's fall, another wave of invaders threatens the societies that replaced it. Knowledge preserved through earlier upheavals must contend with renewed conquest in a world where technological change and magic shape the struggle for survival.

Former Earth Company marine Bet Yeager struggles to survive after her side loses the war. Taking a berth aboard the mercenary ship Loki gives her a refuge among enemies, where hiding her past becomes increasingly difficult and dangerous.

Stable boy Sasha helps the wounded Pyetr flee accusations of murder, and they enter a forest inhabited by spirits. A wizard offers shelter in exchange for help finding his drowned daughter, whose restless presence brings them into danger.

Young Ari Emory grows up inside Reseune's closely controlled laboratory society, supported by her trained companions. Discovering that she is a clone being shaped to reproduce her predecessor, she must navigate political manipulation and her own emerging independence.

The teenage clone of Ariane Emory prepares to reclaim her predecessor's influence at Reseune. As she studies inherited knowledge and political secrets, the circumstances of the original scientist's murder threaten her attempts to establish control over her own future.

Five hundred years after their empire's collapse, the Sabirn live under oppressive Ancar rule. Rumors that they preserve forbidden knowledge fuel persecution, leaving the conquered people to consider how those secret traditions might help them resist their masters.

Three years after their earlier ordeal, Sasha, Pyetr, and Eveshka live together near the forest. Dreams suggest that the sleeping wizard Chernevog may awaken, and Eveshka's disappearance sends the two men searching through a landscape of dangerous magic.

Asteroid prospectors Bird and Ben rescue a distressed spacer from an abandoned ship, hoping to claim the vessel as salvage. The discovery of his partner's body draws them into a dispute where corporate interests threaten more than their livelihood.

Young wizard Ilyana befriends a ghost and then rescues a boy from a swollen river. Her family's suspicions about his identity drive her to flee with him, reopening dangers connected to the sorcerer Chernevog and their past.

New captain Hilfy Chanur accepts a lucrative commission to transport a mysterious religious object, hoping to ease her ship's financial pressures. The assignment instead draws her crew into interstellar intrigue, where identifying trustworthy allies becomes essential to survival.

Ben Pollard's anticipated Earth assignment is interrupted when injured former shipmate Paul Dekker names him as next of kin. Reassigned to a remote station, Ben investigates an apparent accident involving a secret military project and competing power brokers.

Prince Tamas accompanies a wizard to investigate magical disturbances, only for goblins to ambush their party. With a young witch carrying a fragment of the goblin queen's mirror, he becomes involved in a struggle over its dangerous power.

Condemned by the Sidhe for killing his father, Caith wanders with the tormenting pooka Dubhain. An encounter with twins in an isolated cottage draws him into events that have cursed their homeland and cast a shadow over Faery.

Human translator Bren Cameron serves as the fragile link between an isolated human colony and alien atevi. An assassination attempt against him threatens a peace built on technological exchange, political loyalties, and profound differences in how the species think.

Young spacer Tom Bowe-Hawkins becomes caught between his mother's desire for revenge and the father who captains a rival ship. Taken aboard his father's vessel, Tom faces divided loyalties as family grievances turn into a dangerous confrontation.

The wizard Mauryl creates Tristen through a mysterious Shaping and sends him into the world without knowledge of his origins. His encounter with Prince Cefwyn draws an innocent magical being into royal distrust and the legacy of an ancient war.

The starship Phoenix unexpectedly returns to the atevi world, unsettling the balance between humans and aliens. Recovering diplomat Bren Cameron faces a hostile replacement and may have to communicate with the ship independently of his own government.

On a planet of telepathic wildlife, rider Guil Stuart and his bonded nighthorse hunt the rogue creature blamed for his lover's death. Young Danny Fisher follows him into the mountains, where rival interests and approaching winter heighten the danger.

Danny Fisher and his bonded nighthorse Cloud lead survivors of a telepathic attack into snowbound mountains. Their hoped-for shelter proves threatened by an unfamiliar predator, forcing the fugitives to confront another danger on a world where thoughts can kill.

The return of Phoenix accelerates the atevi space program and intensifies political division among humans and aliens. Bren Cameron hosts a representative from the ship while trying to prevent competing factions from turning a fragile arrangement into planetary war.

While Superman tries to save a distant village from a failing dam, Lois Lane joins rescue efforts at a collapsed Metropolis hotel. Her actions bring public attention that complicates both her private life and her relationship with Clark Kent.

The merchant ship Finity's End returns to its trade routes after the Company Wars, facing spies, pirates, and uncertain alliances. Its youngest crew members, trained for conflict, must find their place as the vessel adapts to peace.

King Cefwyn plans a war to unite Ylesuin and secure a lasting peace, relying on his magically created friend Tristen. With Tristen's maker dead and his nature uncertain, their alliance faces the dangers of ambition and court intrigue.

Tristen governs Amefel while still learning the human world and the limits of his magical existence. His efforts to fortify the province and shelter fugitives complicate King Cefwyn's struggles with hostile courtiers, religious conflict, and his wife's disputed inheritance.

The atevi complete a shuttle to secure their place in space, but Phoenix's captains abruptly break diplomatic contact. Sent into orbit to negotiate, Bren Cameron confronts a struggle for station control that could reshape relations between both species.

Tristen returns to govern Amefel as exiled sisters approach through a supernatural storm, one carrying King Cefwyn's child. A dark sorcerer's designs on the royal succession force Tristen to defend the children while Cefwyn prepares for war.

Bren Cameron negotiates aboard an expanding orbital station while the threat of hostile aliens hangs over humans and atevi. A captain's confession about surviving colonists provokes rebellion, turning a delicate diplomatic assignment into a dispute over a rescue mission.

Marak hears voices urging him east and sees visions he cannot explain. Captured and brought before the powerful Ila, he is ordered to lead fellow sufferers across a vast desert to discover the source of their apparent madness.

Bren Cameron and Ilisidi join Phoenix's mission to rescue survivors at distant Reunion Station. Low fuel, an aggressive alien ship, and a secretive human leadership complicate their efforts to save the inhabitants without triggering an interspecies war.

Phoenix returns from its rescue mission to find civil war on the atevi mainland and Tabini missing. With station supplies interrupted and their allies threatened, Bren Cameron and Ilisidi must confront the collapse of the government they left behind.

Centuries after a devastating bombardment, Concord Station monitors a quarantined world where nanotechnology has made several inhabitants immortal. Earth, independent human factions, and the alien ondat compete over research whose spread could threaten the balance between their societies.

These stories follow people confronting prophetic visions, temporal puzzles, unfamiliar worlds, and cities beneath a dying sun. Alongside earlier collections, the volume includes previously uncollected fiction and a new novella exploring the dangers and possibilities of masks.

King Cefwyn's sons Aewyn and Elfwyn begin building a bond despite their separate upbringings and disputed inheritance. Religious hostility and dark magic threaten the brothers, drawing the next generation into conflicts that could destroy their father's fragile peace.

Bren Cameron, Ilisidi, and young Cajeiri return to a mainland torn by rebellion and find Tabini alive. As loyal clans assemble around him, Bren must help navigate the political and cultural consequences of restoring the displaced atevi ruler.

After Tabini's restoration, his son Cajeiri disappears amid continuing rebel activity. Human diplomat Bren Cameron and the formidable Ilisidi set out through winter to recover the heir, confronting enemies whose ambitions survived the end of civil war.

Bren Cameron withdraws to his coastal estate to avoid conflict over his occupied apartment in the capital. When Cajeiri escapes supervision to join him, Ilisidi follows, turning the visit into a reckoning with allegiances changed by war.

Ariane Emory, the clone of a powerful scientist, investigates the murder of her predecessor while facing threats to her own life. Political deception and genetic and psychological manipulation complicate her search for a truth concealed for decades.

Bren Cameron's coastal refuge becomes dangerous when rebel clans infiltrate a neighboring estate left without strong leadership. With Cajeiri and Ilisidi now at Najida, Bren must navigate unstable local loyalties while protecting people central to the atevi government.

Surrounded at Najida, Bren Cameron is sent by Ilisidi to negotiate with rebel lord Machigi. A proposed trade agreement offers a possible peace, but an ancient law complicates Bren's loyalties and places his position and life at risk.

Returning to the capital, Bren Cameron discovers that Machigi has invoked a law requiring him to act as a neutral negotiator. Tabini resents losing his personal diplomat, while court maneuvering makes Bren's altered responsibilities a threat to his safety.

Cajeiri prepares to welcome his human friends for a birthday visit while Bren Cameron resumes work at court. A serious division within the Assassins' Guild undermines the security system, turning the celebration into a test of the government's stability.

As Cajeiri's ninth-birthday celebration approaches, Bren Cameron uncovers evidence of compromised security and a longstanding conspiracy inside the Assassins' Guild. Protecting the heir and his visiting human friends becomes entangled with a struggle over the future of atevi society.

Bren Cameron tries to settle into court routine and advance Ilisidi's trade agreement after a year of upheaval. Apparent political recovery is complicated by an emerging presence in space, threatening to interrupt the stability he has worked to restore.

An approaching kyo ship alarms refugees on Alpha Station who remember an earlier alien attack. Bren Cameron is sent into orbit to manage their fear and communicate with visitors whose intentions remain uncertain despite his previous contact with their species.

Overcrowded Alpha Station needs to move thousands of refugees to Mospheira, but the island's people distrust their long-separated human cousins. Bren Cameron returns to negotiate their reception, confronting divisions within his own species after years immersed in atevi society.

Bren Cameron prepares Mospheira for incoming refugees while the orbital station struggles with rationing and overcrowding. His presence among humans and absence from the atevi mainland create openings for old enemies pursuing renewed political ambitions on both sides.

An unidentified faster-than-light ship approaches Alpha Station, unsettling crews already suspicious of the Earth Company's unfinished Rights of Man. Its arrival brings competing merchant and corporate interests into focus as spacers question what each vessel's presence means for their future.

Ordered to protect Ilisidi on a journey to remote Hasjuran, Bren Cameron accompanies her and two politically significant young men. A Shadow Guild attack reveals the dangers surrounding the dowager's plans to confront her remaining enemies in the region.

Ilisidi commandeers the Red Train and takes Bren Cameron toward a remote northern town, pursuing her own solution to southern hostilities. Her chosen passengers and a minor lord become pieces in a political gamble that risks the peace they have secured.

Bren Cameron must bring Ilisidi safely back to the capital as conflict stretches the Assassins’ Guild thin. Meanwhile, the Shadow Guild exploits an old coastal feud, threatening to turn regional instability into war across the south.