num_pages: 319
description: They named him Thorn. They told him he was of their people, although he was so different. He was ugly in their eyes, strange, sleek-skinned instead of furred, clawless, different. Yet he was of their power class: judge-warriors, the elite, the fighters, the defenders.Thorn knew that his difference was somehow very important - but not important enough to prevent murderous conspiracies against him, against his protector, against his castle, and perhaps against the peace of the world. But when the crunch came, when Thorn finally learned what his true role in life was to be, that on him might hang the future of two worlds, then he had to stand alone to justify his very existence.
language: English
title: Cuckoo's Egg
titlecomplete: Cuckoo's Egg
genres: Fantasy, Collections, Own, Aliens, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Space Opera, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 1738
series: Age of Exploration
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel
publisher: DAW