Classics on the Side: Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh

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Join us to discuss “Downbelow Station” by C.J. Cherryh. Winner of the 1982 Hugo Award, this classic space opera is the first book in Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels.

Book synopsis:

Pell's Station, orbiting the alien world simply called Downbelow, had always managed to remain neutral in the ever escalating conflict between The Company, whose fleets from Earth had colonized space, and its increasingly independent and rebellious colony worlds. But Pell's location - - on the outer edge of Earth's defensive perimeter - makes her the focal point in the titanic battle of colony worlds fighting for independence.