Book description
When the Catteni ships descended on earth it was one of the most
terrifying experiences humankind had ever known. Kris Bjornsen, along
with thousands of others, found herself herded by forcewhips into the
hold of giant spaceships to be transported to the slave compounds of
an alien planet. And even then it wasn't over. For, after a partially
successful escape attempt, Kris was once more shipped across space -
to an apparently empty and untamed planet. The Catteni just dumped an
assorted load of humans and aliens on the strange world and left them
to see what would happen.
Brilliantly the refugees began to organize themselves into a pattern
of survival. The planet was eerie and not as empty as it seemed. For
someone - something - had built giant storage barns - the planet was
being used as a huge larder - for an entity they could not comprehend.
As Kris and her patrol set out to explore the enigmatic world she
had yet another problem to contend with - the presence of Zainal, the
high-ranking patrician Catteni who had been abandoned with the rest of
them. Zainal was strong, brilliant, and...kind, and Kris was puzzled
by his presence, his personality, and above all by the tenuous tie she
felt towards this man - who was not a man but one of the hated Catteni.
Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated
cum laude from Radcliffe College, majoring in Slavonic Languages and
Literatures. A prolific bestselling author, she is best known for her
handling of broad themes and the worlds of her imagination,
particularly in her tales of the Talents and the novels about the
Dragonriders of Pern. Anne McCaffrey lives in a house of her own
design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Visit the author's website at www. annemccaffrey. net
