Amy Carnath, Maddy Strassen, Sam Whitely – close friends of Emory from childhood.

Adam Hicks – Security Director of Reseune.

Sandur Patil – the top scientist in the field of nanistics (biological nanomachines whose main application is terraforming)

Grant – azi created by Emory I grew up with Justin and is his lover works with Justin for Emory.Justin Warrick – clone and son of Jordan Warrick Ariane Emory's teacher and trusted member of her staff.Jordan Warrick – a top Reseune tape designer self-centered genius.Yanni Schwartz – Director of Reseune Proxy Councillor of Science.Florian and Catlin – azi bodyguards to Emory.Ariane Emory – heir apparent to the directorship of Reseune clone of Ariane Emory I.As she struggles to deal with the escalating situation, she also unravels the decades-old mystery of her genemother's death. Sandur Patil, a top scientist recruited by Schwartz to head up the terraforming of Eversnow, turns out to be but one step in a plot by Emory's unknown enemy that shakes Union to its core. He had been pressured into confessing to killing the original Emory. Adding to the discord is the return of a bitter Jordan Warrick from a twenty-year exile at an isolated research facility. When she discovers that her new azi security chief has been tampered with, her list of possible enemies grows to include key men inside Reseune itself: Yanni Schwartz, the Director, and Adam Hicks, the head of security.

In the meantime, she takes measures to protect herself, assembling a trusted staff with the assistance of her azi bodyguards and companions, Florian and Catlin. Everyone knows that she will one day follow in her mother's footsteps and take charge of Reseune, a sovereign Administrative Territory and the premier azi research facility in Union, one of the three spacefaring factions of humanity. A breakthrough experiment in 'psychogenesis' has recreated in her the genius of her parent. However, as her genemother had died under suspicious circumstances before she was even born, Emory is unsure who they are. Her predecessor had some very powerful friends and enemies. The teenage clone of a top scientist and political leader unravels the decades-old murder of her 'genemother', while also dealing with threats to her own welfare.Īriane Emory is the eighteen-year-old clone of an extraordinary woman who was both a preeminent research scientist and the leader of the Expansionist Party, which has controlled Union since its inception. It is a sequel to Cherryh's Cyteen, and was published in hardcover by DAW Books in January 2009. Cherryh, set in her Alliance-Union universe. Regenesis (2009) is a science fiction novel by American writer C.

Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh