Science Fiction · DarkAfter the murder of a powerful scientist and politician on the capital world of Union, the consequences spread
Cyteen
A murder at the top of a cloning society, and years of fallout
Warner Books published the first edition in May 1988, a hardcover of 680 pages. It belongs to Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe. Cyteen is the capital of Union, in the Lalande 46650 system; dissident scientists and engineers founded it in 2201, and it declared independence from Earth in 2300. The murder of a prominent Union politician and scientist has lasting repercussions. Ariane Emory, the Warricks, Grant, the Nyes and Jane Strassen appear. Cherryh later wrote a sequel, Regenesis, published in 2009.
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Who
Ariane Emory, Jordan and Justin Warrick, Grant, Denys and Giraud Nye, and Jane Strassen.
World
Cyteen, the capital of Union, in the Lalande 46650 system.
What makes it different
The 1989 edition came as a three-volume set, The Betrayal, The Rebirth and The Vindication, a format Cherryh disapproved of. It won the Hugo, the Locus Award and the SF Chronicle Award.
Feel
Dense and political.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- CyteenWikipedia