Reading order · 2 books · 1981 to 1988 · Set in space
Alliance-Union Books in Order
Cherryh’s Alliance-Union books are a large future history of humanity’s spread to the stars, its wars and its strange new societies. Downbelow Station and Cyteen both won the Hugo Award.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 1981 to 1988
- First book
- Downbelow Station
- Latest
- Cyteen (1988)
- Setting
- Set in space
The reading order
Every Alliance-Union book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in space
- 1Downbelow Station1981During the Company Wars, Pell Station, orbiting a planet called Downbelow, finds itself caught between the old Earth Company, its fleet and the breakaway Union, as refugees flood in.Buy on Amazon
- 2Cyteen1988With Ariane EmoryAriane Emory, the brilliant, ruthless head of the Reseune research centre on the planet Cyteen, is murdered, and her colleagues set out to create a clone who will become her in every way.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Each book stands alone. Downbelow Station is a good place to start.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Ariane Emory |
|---|---|
| 1 Downbelow Station | |
| 2 Cyteen | LLead |
Characters in the Alliance-Union books
2 characters from C. J. Cherryh’s chart, with the number of Alliance-Union books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Ariane EmoryBrilliant scientist of Reseune, and her clone | 1 | Cyteen 1988 |
| Elene QuenMerchanter at Pell Station | 1 | Downbelow Station 1981 |