title: The Chanur Saga
author:  C. J. Cherryh 
description: "Cherryh has given us an alien psychology story, and she has done a grand job. It is a mark of Cherryh's success that here, it is the human who seems alien." --<i>Analog</i><br /><br />"This book and the rest of the Chanur series...comprise one of the best scence fiction tales ever. Don't miss it." --<i>Minneapolis Star and Tribune</i><br /><br />"This is a rousing good tale, and Cherryh's feisty hani are the most believable alien characters to come down the SF pike in a long time." --Kliatt<br /><br />"C.J. Cherryh can be counted on for a fast-paced story and intricately worked-out alien cultures." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>
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  C J Cherryh - Chanur 1 - Pride Of Chanur
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright O 1981, 1982, by C.J. Cherryh.
  
  
  
  
  
  I
  
  
  
  
  
  There had been something loose about the station dock all morning, skulking in
  amongst the gantries and the lines and the canisters which were waiting to be
  moved, lurking wherever shadows fell among the rampway accesses of the many
  ships at dock at Meetpoint. It was pale, naked, starved-looking in what
  fleeting glimpse anyone on The Pride of Chanur had had of it. Evidently no one
  had reported it to station authorities, nor did The Pride. Involving oneself
  in others' concerns at Meetpoint Station, where several species came to trade
  and provision, was ill-advised—at least until one was personally bothered.
  Whatever it was, it was bipedal, brachiate, and quick at making itself unseen.
  It had surely gotten away from someone, and likeliest were the kif, who had a
  thieving finger in everything, and who were not above kidnapping. Or it might
  be some large, bizarre animal: the mahendo'sat we