The Faded Sun: Kesrith — C.J. Cherryh

Experience an epic science fiction series offered in one omnibus edition. C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun Trilogy tells the story of the mri-tall, a secretive society bound by honour and strict discipline. This golden race for eons offered the universe incredibly skilled mercenary soldiers. Now the mri face a unique enemy capable of devastating, far-reaching destruction: humans. Humans are mass fighters, slaughtering the mri like animals. After war, the mri are nearly extinct. It is up to three survivors to rescue the remains of their race: a warrior, a priestess and a solitary human who detests his own kind.