Cloud's Rider - Finisterre, Bk 2 Author:C. J. Cherryh On a distant planet, all the native creatures communicate telepathically, projecting images which drive humans to madness. As a result, the people live in walled cities and owe their lives to the nighthorses, equines who can bond with certain riders and provide a telepathic "buffer". But one savage winter, young Danny Fisher and his ni... more »ghthorse Cloud lead the survivors of a deadly telepathic attack to shelter high in the snowbound mountains--only to discover their "sanctuary" threatened by a vicious predator never before known to humans. Sequel to "Rider at the Gate".« less
Very imaginative story of people who communicate with alien horses through telepathy. Cherryh does a great job of conceptualizing non-verbal communication with horses.
It is a story of a small group of humans who colonize a distant planet that has a fearsome assortment of native fauna which can use telepathic images to communicate and deceive. The humans are aided by native horse-like animals (nighthorses) that are attracted to humans. The story contains plenty of drama and suspense, as young humans and nighthorses learn to cope with the flood of telepathic images.