Hunter's Moon

About this book

On the strange world of Medea, where a ringed ocean, two suns and a crimson giant overhead shape every living thing, human scientists are only visitors in a land that belongs to others. At the research outpost of Port Kato, xenologists Hugh Brocket and Jannika Rezek prepare for a night expedition into the wild, just as a newly arrived biochemist, Chrisoula Gryparis, steps off the long starship voyage from an Earth she would rather not discuss. Far away, a winged native called A'i'ach flies with his Swarm toward the Shining Time, a great gathering of rapture and song. But he carries a device fastened to him by a human, and a growing, grim certainty: somewhere below, a Beast carries the same thing and is linked to another human. For the first time in the history of his gentle people, A'i'ach decides to hunt. Poul Anderson brings his trademark blend of hard science, richly imagined alien ecology and sharp human characters to this short novel of first contact, misunderstanding and the cost of mistaking what we conceive for what is real. Atmospheric, thoughtful and tense, it is a must for classic science fiction readers. Open it in your browser and start reading Hunter's Moon instantly, with no download required.

Author

Poul Anderson

Length

~57 pages

Reading time

1 h 8 min

Chapters

1

Released

November 11, 2026

Languages

UND · 🇬🇧 EN · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇷 PT-BR · 🇲🇽 ES-MX · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇺🇦 UK · 🇨🇿 CS · 🇸🇰 SK · 🇬🇷 EL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇷🇸 SR · 🇸🇮 SL · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇪🇪 ET · 🇸🇪 SV · 🇩🇰 DA · 🇳🇴 NB · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇯🇵 JA · 🇰🇷 KO · 🇨🇳 ZH · 🇹🇼 ZH-TW · 🇮🇩 ID · 🇻🇳 VI · 🇹🇭 TH · 🇮🇳 HI · 🇸🇦 AR · 🇮🇱 HE

Formats

eBook

Print format

Paperback, 13.5 × 21 cm, 64 pages

Age rating

Teen 13+