JARAN
(The novels of the Jaran: Book 1)
Kate Elliott
DAW Books, 1992
ISBN:0-88677-513-2 (paperback)
HEIR TO EMPIRE - Tess gad been cursed by an accident of birth, cursed to be the sister of the
one man honored by the alien conquerors of human-run space. Her brother, Charles Soerensen,
the leader of Earth's rebellion, had been given a dukedom after his defeat and now ruled over
far-distant worlds. And Tess was his only heir, a position and a responsibility she was not yet
willing to assume. So she fled to a world in her brother's domain, a world where - she was soon
to discover - the alien conquerors where themselves involved in some covert and dangerous
mission.
And despite herself, Tess was suddenly forced to become both player and pawn in an interstellar
game of intrigue and politics, caught between protecting her brother's interests, and her own
growing involvement with Ilya, the leader of the nomadic tribe with whom she had taken shelter.
But it soon became apparent to Tess that whether Charles or the aliens were the victors here, Ilya
and his people were balanced at a crucial point in their history - a point at which they must either
learn to adapt to the incursions of more advanced civilizations or, by remaining rooted in their
own traditions, face inevitable extinction.
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