Pell's star

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Pells Star (in the English original: Downbelow Station ) is a science fiction novel by the American writer CJ Cherryh . The novel is set in Cherryh's Allianz-Union universe at the time of the Company Wars.

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The space station in the orbit of Downbelow , a planet of the star Pell , lies as a previously neutral point between the spheres of influence of the earth and the Union, a federation of former colonies of the earth. The Earth space fleet, led by Conrad Mazian, occupies the station to form a final bulwark against the advancing Union fleet. However, the Union already has agents on the station who are supposed to take over or sabotage them for the Union. The threat of destruction is prevented by the captain of the fleet, Signy Mallory , who, plagued by remorse, deserted to form a third power in the human universe with the merchants' association.

Interspersed in the novel are stories about the peaceful inhabitants of Downbelow, with whom mankind first made contact.

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literature

  • Caroline J. Cherryh: Downbelow Station . Daw Books, New York 1981.
  • Caroline J. Cherryh: Pell's Star ("Downbelow Station"). Heyne Verlag, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-453-30980-4 .

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