Khyren

By Aline Boucher Kaplan

1st printing(stated) 10/1988 crease lower right corner of cover This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671697811
• ISBN13: 9780671697815
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Baen
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A really good read with lots of action.

I loved the story. The planet setting reminds me a bit of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Red Sun series (I'm thinking of the Thendra House). From the high tech underground "rulers" that accidently transported her to Khyren, to the mind speaking dog it tells a gripping story with alot of twists turns and action (mountain climbing, rafting, flying in birds claws, having a bomb implanted in her head). I've been looking for a sequel for the last few years. This book is begging for a sequel. It really is worth the read.

Khyren, by Aline Boucher Kaplan

IF you were accidentally transported ("beamed") to another planet of a lesser developed technology, could you manage? To the natives, the woman who does so is the barbarian, as she does not know the language, the flora, fauna, nor the customs. All she knows is that the night sky is very different and that she has to survive. She learns the language, finds a place, then other changes occur. Finally she finds her true purpose in life, the meaning behind it all. She is unique on this planet, not just for having the only brown eyes on a planet full of green-eyed people. I can give no more hints, but if you like the writing of Clarke, Heinlein, and Asimov, you will be fascinated by Khyren. I stayed up helf the night reading it, and it is worth re-reading. Best to order it now and start it Friday evening if you work M-F on Planet Earth. -DMM