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This is the first book in a tetralogy Elliott wrote back in the 1990s (and in fact in an introduction to this edition says she actually started writing in 1981, though it went through six rewrites before she finally submitted it). I think all of her books I’ve previously read were fantasy, but this one is SF, and quite good SF at that. What seems to be 2–3 centuries into our future, Earth had discovered FTL travel and begun colonizing our local stellar area when their colonies were discovered by a much more advanced alien (though humanoid) race, the Chapalii. The Chapalii were relatively benign, but did pretty much take over all the human worlds; while they shared some of their technology with humans (e.g. their life-lengthening discoveries, so that humans routinely lived healthy lives well past their hundredth year), they kept a lot of it to themselves and also kept an eye on anything humans did. Charles Soerensen had led an ultimately unsuccessful rebellion against the Chapalii, but rather than executing him they made him a duke in their empire, and granted him dominion over a couple of solar systems. Charles had no children, so his legal heir is his sister, Terese (usually “Tess”). The Chapalii recognize her as heir, though they continue to encour-age Charles to get himself a male heir. Tess, though, is the central character of the book (and I suspect of the series). She’s an expert linguist and polyglot, and after completing her education on Earth she sets out for the planets Charles rules. She finds herself spying on a group of Chapalii who land on a planet that Charles had decreed off-limits to advanced technology (and to Chapalii visitors); Rhui had been colonized by humans who had apparently been taken there from Earth is prehistoric times and had gradually developed several different cultures that by the time Charles came along had reached about the level of maybe 15th-century Earth. She lands in the middle of a vast steppe, something like Central Asia, and is adopted into a culture that’s somewhat similar to the Cossacks, although males and females are much more equal. Inheritance, for instance, is matrilineal, and when members of different clans marry, they live with the wife’s clan. These tribes are called the Jaran, and thus give their name to the book. Tess falls in love with their war leader, Ilya (the Jaran names all resemble Russian ones, though Elliott says in her introduction that their actual names in their language don’t resemble Russian that much; she modified them to be more pronounceable, and as long as she was doing that she also made them resemble Cossack names), who is trying to unite all the Jaran tribes to go out and conquer the sedentary realms that surround them. Lots of good adventure, and also a quite interesting culture. And of course, Charles is trying to find her, without much cooperation from the Chapalii.


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Jaran The Jaran Book 1 Kate Elliott 9780756400958 Books Reviews

Oh my goodness. I've read Kate Elliott books before, but how in the world did I miss Jaran?

This is just such a fantastic book. It's incredibly refreshing to read SF based in a culture where the traditional roles of men and women are NOT the same as those of our world -- and to have them so exquisitely built and meticulously crafted that they don't feel stilted or patched together. It's like living in the city your whole life and then taking your first breath of country air -- and realizing how stifled you've been your whole life. My only regret is that it ended!

The characters are just lovely, the story caught me and kept me enraptured, but through it all the worldbuilding is what really shone through. Galaxybuilding, really -- there are three cultures being dealt with, and it's awfully interesting to have Humans be the least of the three. Hah!

This is a book I've returned to more than once since first reading it, and it never fails to settle me and really immerse me in a world like and yet so very unlike our own.
I read constantly. I liked the main characters, & loved Elliott's world building. Her story line is good, and leaves one or two surprises til end of the book. I've started book #2. I suspect the series will MOST appeal to 15-30 year old females--I'm over 70. A younger age group (under 45 yrs old) will probably LOVE the story & main characters for their entertainment value alone. The main charters are well though out. Secondary characters are interesting enough that hopefully they'll show up in later books.

There are NOT a bewildering different points of few from a wide variety of characters--something I dislike. 3-4 points of view in a long story is about my max. Proof reading & editing is better than most self published writers. (Another pet peeve of mine is sloppy proof reading and poor editing.) I write reviews for only 4-5* & 1* only. If I could, I'd rate this at 4 & 1/2*. The story is a combination adventure, mystery, romance, set in the future, on a different planet. Ergo, Elliott crosses several genres. Buy the book & enjoy the entertainment she provides.
This is the first book in a tetralogy Elliott wrote back in the 1990s (and in fact in an introduction to this edition says she actually started writing in 1981, though it went through six rewrites before she finally submitted it). I think all of her books I’ve previously read were fantasy, but this one is SF, and quite good SF at that. What seems to be 2–3 centuries into our future, Earth had discovered FTL travel and begun colonizing our local stellar area when their colonies were discovered by a much more advanced alien (though humanoid) race, the Chapalii. The Chapalii were relatively benign, but did pretty much take over all the human worlds; while they shared some of their technology with humans (e.g. their life-lengthening discoveries, so that humans routinely lived healthy lives well past their hundredth year), they kept a lot of it to themselves and also kept an eye on anything humans did. Charles Soerensen had led an ultimately unsuccessful rebellion against the Chapalii, but rather than executing him they made him a duke in their empire, and granted him dominion over a couple of solar systems. Charles had no children, so his legal heir is his sister, Terese (usually “Tess”). The Chapalii recognize her as heir, though they continue to encour-age Charles to get himself a male heir. Tess, though, is the central character of the book (and I suspect of the series). She’s an expert linguist and polyglot, and after completing her education on Earth she sets out for the planets Charles rules. She finds herself spying on a group of Chapalii who land on a planet that Charles had decreed off-limits to advanced technology (and to Chapalii visitors); Rhui had been colonized by humans who had apparently been taken there from Earth is prehistoric times and had gradually developed several different cultures that by the time Charles came along had reached about the level of maybe 15th-century Earth. She lands in the middle of a vast steppe, something like Central Asia, and is adopted into a culture that’s somewhat similar to the Cossacks, although males and females are much more equal. Inheritance, for instance, is matrilineal, and when members of different clans marry, they live with the wife’s clan. These tribes are called the Jaran, and thus give their name to the book. Tess falls in love with their war leader, Ilya (the Jaran names all resemble Russian ones, though Elliott says in her introduction that their actual names in their language don’t resemble Russian that much; she modified them to be more pronounceable, and as long as she was doing that she also made them resemble Cossack names), who is trying to unite all the Jaran tribes to go out and conquer the sedentary realms that surround them. Lots of good adventure, and also a quite interesting culture. And of course, Charles is trying to find her, without much cooperation from the Chapalii.