Rihannsu - Book Series

Book Series

The series consists of five books:

  • My Enemy, My Ally. 1984. ISBN 0-7434-0369-X.
  • Diane Duane; with Peter Morwood (1987). The Romulan Way. ISBN 0-7434-0370-3.
  • Swordhunt. 2000. ISBN 0-671-04209-2.
  • Honor Blade. 2000. ISBN 0-671-04210-6.
  • The Empty Chair. 2006. ISBN 1-4165-0891-0.

Another book, Spock's World (ISBN 0-671-66773-4), makes reference to some of the events in The Romulan Way from the Vulcan side of things. Duane's Mirror Universe novel Dark Mirror also refers to the Rihannsu. The 2006 omnibus, Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages (ISBN 1-416-52577-7), reprints the first four Rihannsu novels, with minor timeline and character rank tweaks for consistency with other novels.

These books, as with most of the other Trek novels, are not considered canon.

"Rihannsu" is also the name for the Romulan language invented by Duane.

The main Rihannsu character in the above series is Ael i-Mhiessan t'Rllaillieu. Her sense of honor and duty leads her, paradoxically, to violate her oaths to her government and crew, first helping Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise to destroy a secret research facility, and then stealing the most precious artifact of her people, the Sword from the Empty Chair, using it as a symbol to lead a rebellion against the government, which she comes to feel has betrayed the ideals of the Empire.

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