Product Description

In "Deluge" the selkie twins, Ronan and Murel, leave Petaybee on a mission to help rescue their friend Marmie, who has been falsely arrested on the orders of a corrupt Colonel. However, the Colonel has more power in the Company than they realized and they end up being imprisoned themselves and taken to the Gwinnet Incarceration Colony. There they have to try to evade the clutches of their old adversary Dr Mabu, an unscrupulous scientist who wants to study their unusual shape-changing ability, and doesn't care how much pain her experiments cause them. Meanwhile, the powerful and avaricious Company is making another attempt to take over the world of Petaybee for its resources, and the twins parents, Yana and Sean, along with the entire planet, must fight for the independence of their sentient world once and for all...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39376 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

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 Petaybee and introduced the reader to Ronan and Murel, twins who can transform into seals and converse telepathically with the creatures of Petaybee.
Ronan and Murel have left Petaybee on a mission to help rescue their friend Marmie, who has been falsely arrested on the orders of a corrupt Colonel. However, they end up being imprisoned themselves and taken to the Gwinnet Incarceration Colony. There they have to try to evade the clutches of their old adversary Dr Mabu, an unscrupulous scientist who wants to study their unusual shape-changing ability, and doesn't care how much pain her experiments cause them.
Meanwhile, the powerful and avaricious Company is making another attempt to take over the world of Petaybee for its resources, and the twins' parents, Yana and Sean, along with the entire planet, must fight to survive...

About the Author
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.

Customer Reviews

... and on, and on, and on!
I have to confess that, although I've been a fan of Anne McCaffrey for more years than I care to think of and, despite the long-awaited delivery of this book, I was a tiny bit fed up once I'd read it.
Don't get me wrong! The continuing story of the twins is very good, hence the 4 stars, and it's great to see how they get out of yet another scrape - but that's the point - it's yet another scrape!
I really felt that the story has been stretched just a tad too long now and, although I've loved reading the books, it's about time for a conclusion, instead of yet another plot twist that leads to yet another book. I honestly can't see how much more can be done to the twins before I end up yawning, with an 'oh dear, yet another scrape they'll just manage to get out of' attitude.
Please, Anne, let the kids go home, and the badies be finally stopped!

Too much good luck.
As a fan of Anne's work for a number of years I like to think I know her work pretty well. However to be honest, whilst this book is worth a read, I'm starting to wonder how much longer the luck of the twins is going to last before one of them bites the proverbial bullet. There luck is starting to become the longest streak going and I really want them to pick my lottery numbers.

With luck the next instalment will see an end to the series as otherwise I get the feeling its all going to get too ridiculous and that the authors are milking it for as much cash as they can get. A good read but I'd recommend reading the whole series.

deluge
A wonderful story on its own as well as a brillient ending to the story. May there be many more.Deluge (Twins of Petaybee)