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Violence
Some
War violence; deaths; conflict between factions
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of political survival and the cost of neutrality in a civil war
What this book is about
Cherryh's 1981 Hugo Award-winning novel is set aboard Pell Station during the Alliance-Union War. The station caught between Earth Company and the rebel colonists must navigate impossible politics while housing refugees from devastated stations. Dense, immersive SF. For older teens and adults.
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