Cloud's Rider
by C. J. Cherryh
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Author: C. J. CherryhEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-09
ISBN: 0446519103
Number of pages: 373
Publisher: Warner Books
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Summary: 5 Stars
I was completely enthralled by the prequel to this novel, "Rider at the Gate," which came to a satisfactory ending for me. I thought it was a one-off; I had no idea there was a sequel until I ran across "Cloud's Rider" at my local library. I immediately checked it out and devoured it -- read it through a second time before I turned it in.
It is a fitting successor to the first book, but unfortunately, clearly ends with a cliffhanger meant to segue into a third book. And apparently this third book has never been published. At least I have never been able to discover the title of such a book -- and believe me, I've looked.
WHAT happens to Brionne? HOW do Danny and Cloud, and their new partners Carlo and Spook, SOLVE the problem of Brionne and her new "steed"? What impact does this have on the challenges facing the fragile human colony on this world? I MUST know! And sad to say, apparently I will never know... As another reviewer has put it, this is a vastly underrated series.
C.J. Cherryh's writing style is an acquired taste; other books of hers have a similar confusing style, with run-on sentences and sentence fragments and so on, such as negative reviewers have cited regarding this book. (I'm thinking of "Tripoint" but also the "Foreigner" series.) But I love it! It is such a deep third-person point-of-view that it almost feels like first-person; it puts the reader so deeply into the story, it feels like you are in the skull of the character. You, the reader, are as confused as the hapless character, and you only discover the "answer" as he/she discovers it. It makes for a breathless, constantly-off-balance feeling that keeps you turning pages until the end.
I highly recommend this book and its predecessor, and urge Ms. Cherryh to produce the third installment!
Summary of Cloud's Rider
The Hugo Award-winning author of Cyteen presents the sequel to Rider at the Gate, set on a distant planet where humans must depend on a breed of horses for protection against the native inhabitants.The sequel to Rider at the Gate continues as a seamless narrative on the unrivaled partnership forged between human colonists stranded on a planet whose only native life forms are linked by telepathy, and the native nighthorses, who fiercely guard the humans against the planet's mind-clouding predators. The hero of this story is Danny Fisher, a young rider whose will is tested through fateful confrontations with an older rider named Guil Stewart and a miscreant horse, whose incongruous telepathic sendings drive entire villages to madness and death.
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