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.
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Cherryh, C.J.

Grand Central Publishing

New English Library Ltd

Hodder Children's Books

Hachette Book Group

Hodder & Stoughton

Springboard Press

Warner Books Inc

Hodder Education

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

United States, United States of America

Warner Books ed, New York, 1997, c1996

Jul 17, 1997

Sep 01, 1997

London, 1997

PS, 1997

<p><p>on A Distant Planet, All The Native Creatures Communicate Telepathically, Projecting Images Which Drive Humans To Madness. As A Result, The People Live In Walled Cities And Owe Their Lives To The Nighthorses, Equines Who Can Bond With Certain Riders And Provide A Telepathic Buffer. But One Savage Winter, Young Danny Fisher And His Nighthorse Cloud Lead The Survivors Of A Deadly Telepathic Attack To Shelter High In The Snowbound Mountains&#151;only To Discover Their Sanctuary Threatened By A Vicious Predator Never Before Known To Humans. Sequel To Rider At The Gate.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>on The Planet That Backdrops This Excellent Sequel To Last Year's Rider At The Gate, The Native Wildlife Is Dangerously Telepathic, Able To Project Its Own Emotions Or To Amplify Human Ones. Human Settlements Survive Only In Valleys Protected By The Riders Of Nighthorses, Equine-like Animals Who Have Bonded With People. But Sometimes Nighthorses Go Rogue, The Planet Is Rugged And Its Winters Are Lethal. The Narrative Tells Of A Young Rider Escorting Two Brothers And Their Sister, Who Has Been Driven Mad By The Rogue Nighthorse That Is Following The Little Company As It Races For Shelter From Winter Storms. Nor Is The Nighthorse The Only Pursuersomething Else Is On Their Trail, Hungry And Apparently Intelligent. The Pacing Is Occasionally Slow, But Cherryh Tosses In Plenty Of Well-handled Action To Compensate. The World-building Is Up To Her Highest Level And, As A Bonus, The Story Ends On A Cliffhanger That Indicates At Least One More Rider Novel To Come. (sept.)</p>

Colonists from Earth have become stranded on a planet that is deadly to humans. The wildlife is telepathic and the horrific images they project are enough to drive people insane. The only protection comes from nighthorses, but now an unseen predator begins to prey on the humans.

The sequel to "Rider at the Gate". Colonists from Earth are stranded on a planet that is deadly to humans. High on the mountains, Danny and his nighthorse are snowed in for the winter and tensions churn within the confines of their town

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