Book description
CHAINING THE LADY is the second CLUSTER book. Melody, a product of
Flint and the Andromedan's mating in CLUSTER, must save the Milky Way
Galaxy and create a place where creatures can transfer without
limitations. Melody must survive in worlds unknown and alien to her and
she does that where others fail when her aura augments her skills and
abilities. The book opens with the discovery that Andromeda, the enemy
galaxy of the first novel, has discovered the secret of involuntary
hosting: a Kirlian aura that is sufficiently stronger than that of an
individual can take possession of that individual. Andromeda has
secretly infiltrated the highest levels of government in Sphere Sol and
its allies and resurrect its plot to steal the energy of the Milky Way.
Melody of Mintaka, a direct descendant of Flint of Outworld and his
Andromedan nemesis, has a Kirlian aura of well over 200. She is pressed
into service to "possess" and interrogate a captured
Andromedan transferee. Melody, hosted in the young and beautiful body of
Yael of Dragon, must, like her progenitor Flint, find a way to defeat
the Andromedan threat and save the galaxy. The mysterious Ancients are
present again in the form of their artifacts and sites. The themes of
Tarot and of various myths of Sphere Sol (in this case that of Perseus
and Andromeda) play a big part this novel. The InterSphere fleet of
starships has forms analogous to the Tarot suits of Disks, Cups, Wands
and Swords. Piers Anthony has written dozens of bestselling science
fiction and fantasy novels. Perhaps best-known for his long-running
MAGIC OF XANTH series, many of which appeared on the New York Times
Bestseller List, he has also had great success with THE INCARNATIONS OF
IMMORTALITY series and the CLUSTER series as well as BIO OF A SPACE
TYRANT and others.
