“anne mccaffrey”

Set on the sentient planet Petaybee, this follow-up to "Changelings" continues the story of telepathic, shapeshifting twins Murel and Ronan. The twins previously discovered that the planet had plans for them. Now those plans begin to bear fruit with fresh possibilities . . . and dangers.In Changelin... More

The acclaimed and bestselling authors of the beloved Acorna series now offer the first volume in an exciting new trilogy that follows the adventures of a new generation."The breathtaking saga of the second generation begins It is difficult growing up in the shadow of heroes revered throughout the ... More

At last--the dramatic conclusion to the exciting Acorna's Children series by bestselling authors McCaffrey and Scarborough.Khorii, the rebellious daughter of the near-mythic Acorna and her lifemate, Aari, has followed in Acorna's footsteps leading their people from danger, but the pressure to succee... More

Known as the Unicorn Girl, Acorna must strive to right an unspeakable wrong and defeat an enemy even crueler than the Khleevi. Along the way, she will at last uncover the ancient link between her people, the Linyaari, and the space-faring humans she considers family.Filled with adventure and wonder,... More

Major Yanaba Maddock wasn't much good to the company anymore. With lungs practically destroyed by poison gas in a military debacle, she could barely breathe without coughing, much less do anything the least bit strenuous. But it wasn't the company's way to discard those they might still find some us... More

"A felicitous combination of authors."--Kirkus ReviewsYanaba Maddock's short-lived career as a company spy had ended the moment the planet Petaybee and its people had adopted her as one of their own. Now she was dedicated to keeping Intergal from exploiting and wounding--or even killing--the world s... More

Petaybee was growing up. Day by day, the sentient planet - like any child - was learning to recognize and understand the meaning of outside stimuli, to respond to those stimuli, to communicate its own needs and desires ... even to use human speech. But few outsiders truly cared for the feelings and ... More

When a visiting scientist gets wind of the shapeshifting ability of the Shongili twins of Petaybee, the twins are soon in danger of being kidnapped. They're sent away from their beloved Petaybee just as that world begins to undergo its own wonderful--or disastrous--transformations.With three acclaim... More

When two award-winning science-fiction masters like Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough collaborate, the results are astonishing. Their master creation is Petaybee, a sentient planet able to guide its own evolution and, with some help from its loyal inhabitants, defend itself against predat... More