Rocannon's World (Hainish Series, Bk. 1) Paperback – January 1, 1966

The Future of three races rode on a stranded spaceman's luck.Legend and fact are strangely mingled on the far worlds of the stars--planets where the past is the matter of myth, and a returning spaceman finds his own doings a few years back have become the gestures of a god.So it was on the world where three native humanoid races, the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, elvish Fiia and warrior =-clan Liuar, were suddenly invaded and conquered by a fleet of ships from the stars. Earth scientist Rocannon was on that world, and he saw his friends murdered and his spaceship destroyed. Marooned among alien peoples, he led the battle to free this new world--and found that legends grew around him even as he fought. Read more