THE FADED SUN: SHON'JIR

New York: Nelson Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1978. Book Club Edition. Cover Art; This is book number two in the Faded Sun series. The book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. There is no code on page 242 - making this an early printing, but not a First Edition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a bump to the bottom corner of the front boards along with some light bumping to the bottom spine end. The text pages are clean and bright, with the exception of an inked #2 on the front pastedown page. The dust jacket has some light edge wear, nicking and one small tear to the top spine end. There is some light toning / sunning to the white portions of the dust jacket. " The golden-skinned mri warrior Niun was heavily sedated and had been for some time. Teams of scientists and physicians, intent on studying an alien species, preferred having him drug-dazed - totally helpless in a place that echoed with hostile voices." "The Faded Sun trilogy is the principal account of the Mri Wars era of Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe. At the beginning of the first volume, the regul have just concluded a forty-year war with humanity. As part of the peace, they are ceding the desert world of Kesrith to humanity. However, they have neglected to inform its inhabitants, the mri, who have served them as mercenaries for over two thousand years. The Mri have been nearly exterminated in these wars, and young Niun is one of the few remaining warriors. When the regul seek to double-cross his people, he and his sister Melein, the last of the priestly Sen caste, form an uneasy alliance with the human Sten Duncan to rescue a holy relic that may hold the key to the Mri's survival." ; Vol. 2 .