Shelfology Book Pairing

by C. J. Cherryh

The fateful meeting between the owner of a tramp star-freighter that flies the Union planets under false papers and fake names and a proud but junior member of a powerful starship-owning family leads to a record-breaking race to Downbelow Station--and a terrifying showdown at a deadly destination off the cosmic charts.

by C. J. Cherryh

The Hugo Award-winning classic, now available in a trade edition for the first time. 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?