Type of bind: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: December 27, 2005
Publishing house: Del Rey
Sale Popularity Level: 745117
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With three acclaimed novels–Powers That Be, Power Lines, and Power Play–bestselling authors Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough launched a vibrant new science-fiction saga that told the story of a sentient planet, Petaybee, and the humans who fought to protect it from the rapacious designs of an all-powerful interstellar corporation determined to exploit the icy world’s natural resources. Led by Yana Maddock and Sean Shongili, Petaybee’s protectors prevailed. But now Petaybee is changing in mysterious, unprecedented ways, and the return of off-world scientists threatens the amazing planet and its equally amazing inhabitants with new dangers.
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They are Ronan Born for Water Shongili and Murel Monster Slayer Shongili. Twin brother and sister. Children of Yana and Sean. Children of Petaybee. As such, theirs is a destiny deeply intertwined with the sentient planet that is their home. For Ronan and Murel are more than human. Like their father, each can transform into a seal and converse telepathically with the planet’s creatures–such as the friendly otter whose life they save one day from a pack of ravenous wolves.
But the twins’ bravery has unforeseen results when a visiting scientist witnesses their startling metamorphosis and becomes obsessed with their capture. To protect their children, Sean and Yana send them to stay with a powerful family friend on an orbiting space station. But no one realizes that Ronan and Murel hunger to discover the origins of their shape-shifting talent–and that their search for knowledge will place them squarely in the path of peril.
Meanwhile, Petaybee is changing–and much faster than an ordinary planet’s natural evolution. It appears that portions of the sea are heating up and a landmass is suddenly rising from the depths. To investigate the startling occurrence, Sean heads out to the open water in his seal form. But the newly unstable region holds untold mysteries–and the potential for disaster.
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I love reading about the whole powers that be series and it has been awhile since I've read the books. This was a great book to read while snowed in for awhile and it was nice fluff. Nothing serious or horribly deep and thought provoking. However, it was a good book. I can hardly wait to read the subsequent one because it ends in a bit of a cliffhanger.
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I was disappointed by this book, because it seems less complex and exciting than the Power trilogy. Or maybe the novelty of Petaybee just wore off. I can only hope the boring nature of this book is because it sets the background for something exciting in its sequel.
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What a great story! I love Anne Mccaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, and so I read Powers that Be, and loved it as well! You do not need to have read the trilogy that preceded this book, but I HIGHLY recommend it. Those three books get you familiar with the planet and its inhabitants as well as give you a great understanding and love for the characters. I believe I enjoyed those books slightly more than this one, but only slightly. Looking forward to reading the subsequent in the series, Maelstrom.
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Not Pern, no dragons. But the PTB (Powers That Be) series is just as good and just as soul satisfying as any of Ann McCafrey's books. If you don't read it, it's your great loss.
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Although the cover of the book says it is a new series, it really is a continuation of the original Peytebee (sp?)story. I liked the original series both as one of the few fantasy stories I enjoy and as a break from the heavy-handedness of my murder mysteries, and it continues to fit that bill. The book is light and fast reading (as are all of McCaffrey's books) but is a pleasure to read. Anne McCaffrey has continued to write in an interesting way about a fantasy type subject and I will continue to read her work; I look forward to any new books she might write.
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