The Pride of Chanur

SCIENCE FICTION-THE LORDLY HANI TRADERS AND THEIR ANCIENT ENEMIES,THE TREACHEROUS KIF,CO-EXIST IN UNEASY PEACE AT MEETPOINT STATION.UNTIL THE OUTSIDER APPEARS,AND CHANGES EVERYTHING.FOR THIS STRANGE,HAUNTED,SMOOTH SKINNED BEING HOLDS THE KEY TO THE FUTURE OF THE COMOACT,AND,FOR THE HANI,TO FUTURE GLORY-OR DISASTROUS RUIN.