Book description
In
Powers That Be, Power Lines
and Power Play
bestselling authors Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough told
the story of a sentient planet, Petaybee. In Changelings
, the first of a new series of novels, they return to Petaybee. Ronan
Born for Water Shongili and Murel Monster Slayer Shongili are the twin
son and daughter of Yana Maddock and Sean Shongili. Born on Petyabee,
their destiny is 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 how curious Ronan and
Murel are 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.
Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo
Award-winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern novels,
is one of science fiction's most popular authors. She lives in a house
of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Visit the author's website at www. annemccaffrey. net
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, winner of the Nebula Award for her novel
The Healer's War, is the author of numerous fantasy novels.
She has co-authored eight other novels with Anne McCaffrey. She lives
on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State
Book Two of The Twins of Petaybee, Maelstrom, is now
available from Bantam Press.
