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Hestia
Hestia, first edition
Author	C. J. Cherryh
Cover artist	Don Maitz
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	DAW Books
Publication date	September 1, 1979
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
ISBN	0-88677-102-1

Hestia is a 1979 science fiction novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh. It is an early novel in her career, 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 the young native cat-woman in scanty clothing on the cover.

Plot summary

Engineer Sam Merrit has been sent to the struggling colony planet Hestia to build a dam. Since the colony is placed in a large river valley and plagued by seasonal floods, the colonists believe that a dam is essential to enable them to escape the squalid conditions that have persisted there since the founding of the colony over a hundred years ago.

Upon arrival, Merrit finds that the reason the colony is confined to the valley and not making use of flood-safe lands is the presence of cat-like alien natives who attack anyone venturing outside the valley—but the dam will destroy the habitat of many of these natives. Pressured by the colonists to hurry the construction more than he considers safe, Merrit encounters and befriends a native woman, prompting some of the colonists to become hostile towards him as well. Merrit becomes increasingly convinced that ending the conflict with the natives would help the colony more than the dam.

Sources

C. J. Cherryh (1979), Hestia, DAW Books, ISBN 0-88677-102-1

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Science fiction series	Alliance–Union universe The Faded Sun Trilogy Alternate Realities The Chanur novels The Merchanter novels Devil to the Belt Foreigner series Finisterre universe
Fantasy series	The Morgaine Stories Ealdwood Stories The Russian Stories The Fortress Series
Science fiction novels	Brothers of Earth Hunter of Worlds Hestia Serpent's Reach Downbelow Station Merchanter's Luck Forty Thousand in Gehenna Angel with the Sword Cuckoo's Egg Cyteen Rimrunners Tripoint Rider at the Gate Cloud's Rider Finity's End Hammerfall Forge of Heaven Regenesis Alliance Rising (with Jane S. Fancher) Alliance Unbound (with Fancher)
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Short fiction collections	Glass and Amber The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh
Short fiction	"Cassandra" "The Scapegoat" "The Brothers"
Related	Jane Fancher (spouse) David A. Cherry (brother) Heroes in Hell Merovingen Nights Azi Mri Themes of C. J. Cherryh's works The Cherryh Odyssey The Company War 77185 Cherryh
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