Hestia (novel)

Hestia
Hestia, first edition
AuthorC. J. Cherryh
Cover artistDon Maitz
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDAW Books
Publication date
September 1, 1979
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN0-88677-102-1

Hestia is a 1979 science fiction novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh. It is an early novel in her career, about colonists on an alien world and their interactions with the catlike natives, centering on a young engineer sent to solve the colonists' problems, and his relationship with the young native cat-woman in scanty clothing on the cover.