Book description
The survival technique of the Hivers was terrifying -- and brilliant.
Their huge Sphere ships, controlled by the Many Mind of ten to sixteen
queens, surged out into space. When an appropriate planet was found,
the Hivers destroyed any and every variety of indigenous life, the
queens propagated, and when the new world was full, more ships were
sent out. the colonization was repeated until no planet, no species,
least of all Man and Mrdini, was safe.
The furry and courageous Mrdini had fought the Hivers for centuries,
many dying bravely in an attempt to save their own worlds. Now Mrdini
and Man combined to form the Alliance -- and Humankind had their own
weapons to offer -- the power and might of the Talents who could not
only communicate silently with each other, but could project cargoes,
ships and themselves across the deeps of space.
The four children of Damia -- Laria, Thian, Rojer and Zara -- were
Primes amongst the Talents, and all their skills were desperately
needed, for the Hivers' terrible Sphere ships were still thrusting
through space, unfathomable, impenetrable, and carrying death in their
labyrinthine depths.
Anne McCaffrey was one of the world's leading science-fiction
writers, and won both the Hugo and Nebula awards as well as the
Margaret A. Edwards' Lifetime Achievement Literary Award. Born and
raised in the US, although of Irish extraction, she spent the last
years of her life in Ireland, in the heart of the Wicklow Mountains.
She is the creator of the Dragons of Pern series.
Visit the author's website at www. annemccaffrey. net
