Maelstrom (The Twins of Petaybee #2) - Softcover

McCaffrey, Anne; Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345470052 ISBN 13: 9780345470058

Publisher: Del Rey, 2008

Synopsis

In Changelings, bestselling authors Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough returned to the sentient planet Petaybee with a story of growth and transformation in the face of deadly new threats. The telepathic, shapeshifting twins Murel and Ronan found that Petaybee had plans for them as well. Now those plans begin to bear fruit with fresh possibilities . . . and dangers.

Now that Petaybee is forming a new equatorial island, the planet has agreed to harbor a group of new refugees, workers indentured to the powerful InterGal Corporation. But the mission to collect the immigrants becomes a rescue operation when it is revealed that InterGal is doing nothing to help these survivors of a world devastated by a meteor shower. Murel and Ronan set out to persuade the frightened refugees to come out of hiding, leave their world, and bring along their sacred totem animals, the gifted sea turtles called the Honus. But the twins discover that they’ve taken on more than they expected: The Honus are not the only animals sacred to the refugees. There are also the Manos, intelligent sharks who have lost none of their predatory habits–and who cannot be left behind to die.

When the Manos are released into Petaybee’s waters, a tragic misunderstanding endangers the whole resettlement operation. At the same time, the mysterious sea otters who once rescued the twins’ father are suddenly revealed to be much more than they appear to be.

Now it is up to Ronan and Murel, with the intrepid assistance of their river otter friend Sky, to smooth the waters before a maelstrom of revenge destroys Petaybee’s harmonious way of life.

But even as the twins uncover startling new facts about Petaybee’s past that will change everything they thought they knew about the planet, the forces of InterGal are gathering, preparing to strike. . . .

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In Powers That Be, Power Lines and Power Play Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough told the story of a sentient planet, Petaybee. Now they have returned to the planet and introduced the reader to Ronan and Murel, twins who can transform into seals and converse telepathically with the creatures of Petaybee. After a daring rescue from an uninhabitable planet the human and turtle, or Honu, survivors are given a new home on Petaybee. The twins, in their seal form, decide to escort the Honus to their new home in the middle of the ocean. During the long journey Murel falls asleep and becomes separated from the others. She is attacked by a pod of Orcas and telepathically calls Ronan for help. He races back to try to save her. When he arrives he finds Murel surrounded by the Orcas but before he can help her they are both caught up in an underwater whirlpool and dragged down to the ocean floor… Acclaim for Changelings: Fast-paced adventure Publishers Weekly Exciting and generously laced with humor…so well realized as to utterly charm readers Booklist

About the Author:

Anne McCaffrey, one of the world’s most popular authors, is best known for her Dragonriders of Pern® series. She was the first woman to win the two top prizes for science fiction writing, the Hugo and Nebula awards. She was also given the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement in Young Adult Fiction, was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and was named a Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Grand Master. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1926, McCaffrey relocated to Ireland in the 1970s, where she lived in a house of her own design, named Dragonhold-Underhill. She died in 2011.

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 nine other novels with Anne McCaffrey. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

About this edition

• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0345470052
• ISBN 13: 9780345470058
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 304