The Twilight River: Gordon Eklund - The Tery: F. Paul Wilson

Binary Star Series 2. The Twilight River: Werewolves, vampires and magicians mingle uneasily with the enslaved humans of Earth's far future, chattels of the alien Rangels. Dreadful Sam, the music man and Trina, the warlock's daughter, fleeing the wrath of the Rangels, voyage down the Twilight river in search of the Lair of Free Men - the last hope of dignity in a ruined world.  The Tery:    Far across the galaxy an ancient  battle is fought once more, with new combatants:  the furry, four-footed - yet disturbingly human - teries, and their human persecutor, the tyrannical leader of a fanatic religious sect. One tery dares to face the enemy with the ultimate heresy - asserting his identity as a man.