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Merchanter's Luck

C. J. Cherryh

First published July 1982
Type Novel
Series Alliance-Union › Company Wars #4

Synopsis

His name was Sandor and he was the owner and entire crew of a tramp star-freighter that flew the Union planets under false papers and fake names. Her name was Allison and she was a proud but junior member of the powerful family whose mighty starship, Dublin Again, was the true queen of the spaceways. They met at Viking Station, she seeking a night's dalliance, he desperately in search of a spacer assistant. Their fateful meeting was to lead to a record-breaking race to Downbelow Station, thereby catching the calculating eye of the grim commander of the Alliance battlecraft Norway, and a terrifying showdown at a deadly destination off the cosmic charts. (from the back cover of the DAW first edition)

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1983 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist

Publications (19)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1982 Cover Merchanter's Luck DAW Books Novel 5
July 1982 Cover Merchanter's Luck DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Novel 5
September 1982 Cover Merchanter's Luck DAW Books / SFBC Novel 1
May 1984 Cover Merchanter's Luck Methuen Novel 5
March 1986 Cover Merchanter's Luck DAW Books Novel
September 1988 Cover Merchanter's Luck Methuen Novel 5
June 1997 Cover Merchanter's Luck DAW Books Novel
April 2002 Cover Merchanter's Luck: Rendezvous at Downbelow Station Thorndike Press Novel
March 2008 Cover Alliance Space DAW Books Omnibus 1
March 2008 Cover Alliance Space DAW Books Omnibus |100
February 2021 Cover Alliance Space Tantor Audio Omnibus
February 2021 Cover Alliance Space Tantor Audio Omnibus
February 2021 Cover Alliance Space Tantor Audio Omnibus
March 2021 Cover Alliance Space Tantor and Blackstone Publishing Omnibus
March 2021 Cover Alliance Space Tantor and Blackstone Publishing Omnibus
March 2021 Cover Alliance Space Tantor and Blackstone Publishing Omnibus
March 2021 Cover Alliance Space Tantor and Blackstone Publishing Omnibus
November 2021 Cover Merchanter's Luck GraphicAudio Novel
December 2023 Foreigner Series & More MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |24