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 First edition cover | |
| Author | C. J. Cherryh |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ciruelo Cabral |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Warner Books |
Publication date | August 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 437 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-446-51781-X |
| OCLC | 32167685 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.H358 R53 1995 |
| Preceded by | – |
| Followed by | Cloud's Rider (1996) |
Rider at the Gate is a science fiction novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh, first published by Warner Books in August 1995. It is the first of a series of two novels written by Cherryh and is set in the author's Finisterre universe. The second book in the series, Cloud's Rider, was published in September 1996. The series is about the descendants of lost colonists stranded many generations ago on the hostile planet of Finisterre.