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The Faded Sun; Shon'Jir by C.J. Cherryh
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The Faded Sun; Shon'Jir (original 1978; edition 1978)

by C.J. Cherryh

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Sten Duncan, having saved the lives of the last two of humanity's deadliest enemies, the mri, is now faced with the task of delivering the brother and sister to a legendary lost planet--the only place in the cosmos where they might have a chance to survive.
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Shon'jir by C. J. Cherryh (1978)

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"The Faded Sun: Shon'Jir" is the second book in CJ Cherryh's Faded Sun trilogy.

Duncan has a mission, involving the mri, but he knows that betrayal by his own people is part of his mission. How he handles life among the mri while trying to keep with his commander's orders makes a very good read, and continuation of the first book. Duncan (and we) learn more about the mri, about their customs, their history, and their chances of a future...a future in doubt, with two species bent on destroying them.

I got lost, again, in Ms. Cherryh's world, and am looking forward to doing it again in the third and final installment, "The Faded Sun: Kutath".

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  fuzzi | Oct 22, 2022 |
The plot is still plodding along very slowly. Barely anything happens. ( )
  bunnerz | Jun 11, 2014 |
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Shon'jir
The song of Passings
From Dark beginning
To Dark at ending--
Between them a Sun,
But after comes Dark,
One ending.

From Dark to Dark
Is one voyage.
From Dark to Dark
Is our voyage.
And after the Dark,
O brothers, o sisters,
Come we home.
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To Elsie Wollheim... for being Elsie
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The mri was still sedated.
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"You have chosen your service."
"Yes," he said. "With the People, she'pan." And when she still stared at him, troubled by his treachery: "On their side, she'pan, there are so many kel'ein one will not be missed. But on the side of the People, there is only one - twice that, with me. Humankind will not miss one kel'en."
Melein's eyes held to his, painfully intense. "Your mathematics is without reproach, kel Duncan."
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Sten Duncan, having saved the lives of the last two of humanity's deadliest enemies, the mri, is now faced with the task of delivering the brother and sister to a legendary lost planet--the only place in the cosmos where they might have a chance to survive.

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