Syohn — Stephen R. Pell

Syohn is a story about hope for a new beginning, betrayal, incredible hardship as well as love and perseverance. Six thousand colonists on the SH-15 Exodus are pirated and sent off into deep space to die. The planet where the Exodus is not very "user friendly" to humans and there is a native creature that makes life a living hell for the survivors. The colonists are faced with some difficult decisions, some that go against generations of taboo, in order to have a chance at all.