Hestia

DAW paperback original, one of several later printings (see individual listings). An early (1979) Cherryh novel about colonists on an alien world and their interactions with the catlike natives, centering on a young engineer sent to solve the colonists' problems, and his relationship with one of the natives. Major themes in this novel include sexual liberation, sexual aberration, hypocrisy of social mores, and responsibility toward indigenous peoples.

• Author
• C.J. Cherryh

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 160

• Publisher
• DAW

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780886772086

• Genres
• fiction, aliens, romance, fantasy

• Release date
• 1987