"When those aliens entities called "humans" sent their first exploration ship into Compact space, the traditional power alliances of the seven Compact races were catastrophically disrupted. And, giving shelter to Tully, the only surviving human, Pyanfar Chanur and her feline hani crew were pitched into the center of a galactic maelstrom, becoming key players in a power game which could cause an intersteller war, or bring the last hope for peace between eight barely compatible alien races."
"The epic conclusion to the Hugo Award-nominated saga begins as alien entities called "humans" send their first exploration ship into Compact space, disrupting the seven Compact races' alliance. Pyanfar Chanur and her feline hani crew give shelter to the only surviving human from the ship, pitching them into the center of a galactic maelstrom which could cause interstellar war."@en
"Conclusion to the Chanur series; sequel to: The Kif strike back."@en
"Pyanfar Chanur and her space-going comrads are in the direct path of a running space battle which might wipe the very memory of their world from the galactic maps."@en
"An epic saga of action and intrigue among diverse sapient species, and the turmoil set off by the arrival of aliens in their sector of space: the first humans ever seen."@en

Chanur's homecoming