- Published: 1980
- Hugo Award for Best Novel, 1981 —
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1981 —
Within the Constellation of the Serpent, out of bounds to all spacefarers, humans live among the insect-like aliens--and one of them, a woman named Paen, is bent on a revenge that will tear apart the truce between human and alien. "Brisk pacing . . . and genuinely brilliant world-building".--ALA Booklist.