The novel “Chanur’s Venture” by C.J. Cherryh was published for the first time in 1984. It’s the second novel of the Chanur series and follows “The Pride of Chanur”.

Worries for Pyanfar Chanur come especially from her husband Khym after he started traveling on the merchant ship “The Pride of Chanur”. No hani male had ever traveled in space together with females and for Khym anything new could be a possible cause of emotional instability.

When Pyanfar Chanur goes back to Meetpoint station for what looks like a normal commercial tour, everything changes when he meets the human Tully again while he’s on a secret mission to start trade relations with other species of the Compact. It’s a huge opportunity for all hani but the kif are still there and there’s a internal power struggle between two hakkikt that makes the situation even more complex and above all dangerous.