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Title details for Powers That Be by Anne McCaffrey - Available

Powers That Be

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by Anne McCaffrey
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
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Strange things are happening on the icy planet of Petaybee. Unauthorized genetically engineered species have been spotted and yet the locals aren't talking. In fact, the company has reason to believe that the locals are deliberately hiding something – perhaps even plotting rebellion. As a combat veteran and a medical retiree due to spend the rest of her days on this arctic world, Yana is the ideal person to get close to the natives. Having already injured her lungs in service to the company, Yana isn't much of a mind to freeze to death for it, as well. But she quickly learns that the people of Petaybee are more than willing to adopt a sickly newcomer – they even feed her a home remedy that soothers her ragged lungs. As Yana's strength and health return, she becomes determined to protect her new home and her people from the depredations of a greedy and increasingly ruthless company, for something strange and wonderful is happening on Petaybee. Something worth fighting or even...

  • Creators

  • Series

    Petaybee Trilogy

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 1, 1994

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781607476146
      • File size: 91699 KB
      • Duration: 03:11:02

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 31, 1993
      A frontier society outwits a big, uncaring parent company in this appealing joint venture by McCaffrey ( Damia's Children ) and Scarborough ( The Healer's War ), the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning representatives of two generations of science fiction writers. Major Yanaba Maddock, medically retired with severely damaged lungs after military action aboard a space station, is pressured into acting as a spy by her employer, the sinister Intergal corporation. Colonel Giancarlo, local head of psychological operations, seeks evidence that colonists on the bitterly cold and inhospitable planet Petaybee are abducting company geological survey teams, engaging in illegal genetic engineering and plotting rebellion. Yana finds the locals charming, helpful and uncannily effective as healers; their home remedies salvage her ruined lungs. As the company and its forces move in to quell what they perceive as rebellion, Yana casts her lot with the Petaybeans and geneticist Sean Shongili, the man she has come to love. Perceptive characterizations and a vivid depiction of a nurturing culture integrated with nature make up for the somewhat hackneyed plot.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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