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The spacefaring Barque Cats are valued members of every vessel's
crew, thanks to their special bond with humans. Then Pshaw-Ra, a
mysterious cat with highly advanced knowledge, gives the felines
the power of telepathy. When panic over a virulent plague drives
the government to exterminate animals, Pshaw-Ra guides the cats and
humans of the starship "Ranzo" to safety on his home planet, Mau.
But Pshaw-Ra has a hidden agenda. His ultimate goal? Mate the
Barque Cats with their godlike counterparts who rule on Mau and
create a superior race to conquer the universe. His plans, however,
may be doomed by his daughters' battle royal to become queen, by a
suspicious Barque Cat with an equally curious human friend--and by
something stirring deep beneath the city with a hunger to devour
all life . . . and an undying hatred for cats.
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Shifty (Paperback)
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
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What you see (at first) is not what you get in this collection of
nine previously published tales of shape shifting and
transformation. An Alaskan student of wildlife biology finds it
difficult to write convincingly about what she knows. A proud and
beautiful princess loses her popularity when cursed (in a way
probably familiar to many readers) by a wicked enchanter. A lonely
Cajun fiddler has a close encounter with his royal but scaly
ancestor. In the secret story of the railroad that transformed the
American West, Chinese and Irish workers compete to complete the
job with a little help from supernatural friends. A lowly jeweler
creates a wondrous bauble for the sultan's favorite, but his
reward, an exalted royal elephant, eats him out of house and home
until he unlocks her secret. An Irish nurse discovers the identity
of the lone fiddler who plays at the bedside of a critically ill
patient. A middle-aged woman, suddenly invisible, improves her love
and social life during Mardi Gras. And a predatory bill collector
meets his match in a story so dark that the author even changed her
name. In these shifty stories, you'll be wondering who happens next
Spam the cat thought he'd seen a lot of the world in his nine
months of life. After all, he was the foremost vampire hunter of
Port Deception, WA. (SPAM VS THE VAMPIRE) This was his first
Christmas, however, and from what he'd heard on TV, on Christmas
all was supposed to be calm, all was supposed to be bright. The
deer and Renfrew the raccoon had other ideas however. In an attempt
to keep Renfrew, aka "The UPS Bandit" from ruining a lot of
Christmases, Spam begins a task that leads to his being the sole
protection of a new mother and child, and a
less-than-warm-and-fuzzy reunion with his feral father. Altogether,
his first Christmas eve is a less than Silent Night. The proceeds
of this book from whatever source will be donated to the Humane
Society of Jefferson County for the benefit of the animal shelter.
A PURRANORMAL MYSTERY Spam and the other cats at website designer
Darcy Dupres' house are frantic with worry. Darcy walked out the
door two (missed) wet meals ago and didn't return or send anyone
else to look after her beloved furry friends. The other cats think
she has abandoned them, but her office cat and (unbeknownst to her)
protege, Spam, suspects darker forces are at work. Darcy's last
project was helping a suspicious character who called himself
Marcel deMontreal with a dating website for vampires and the women
who dig them. Darcy thought Marcel was playing and besides, he paid
her a lot of kitty litter to design the site. But before she can
finish, the self-proclaimed vampire announces that he is coming to
visit, and Darcy disappears. That and the-duh-black billowy figure
with the white face and red eyes peering through the window seem
like a dead giveaway to Spam. U
The Tour Bus of Doom rolls into a small coastal town, spewing
zombies to rampage down the main street. To the beat of eerie drum
music, they loot, kidnap, and zombie-fy innocent citizens. Spam the
cat, self-appointed feline defender of the town, watches in horror
from the rooftops. When the zombies abduct Spam's jeweler friend
and take over the nursing home, Spam is certain they are also
responsible for the disappearance of his next-door neighbor Mr.
Barker, partner of retired police dog, Officer Bubba. Then
Marigold, Spam's half sister, reports that her human family, who
went missing while on a mission of mercy to earthquake ravaged
Haiti, has finally returned home, just long enough to take their
valuables. And They. Don't. Even. Recognize. Her. All of that is
dire enough, but then the zombies go too far and take over the
bodies of the owner and server at Spam's favorite fish'n'chips
place. Searching for help from his vampire friend Maddog, Spam
meets a new cat in town, the sinuous Havana Brown Erzullie, who
arrived with the zombies. Aided (sort of) by her, Renfrew the
raccoon, the urban deer cat taxi service, Rocky the vampcat, and
his half-siblings Marigold and Mat, the heroic feline must
investigate, before the zombie apocalyps-o destroys not only his
town, but his home and his beloved Darcy. Just when he thinks he
may have the situation well in paw, the zombie hunters from Seattle
arrive, responding to a bounty on the heads of the zombies. What
they don't realize is that they have the wrong brand of zombies,
the un-plagued un-dead, who could revive as long as they keep their
heads.
In these stories, a parade of fascinating felines tell tales of
their lives. Guinevere s cat, Gray Jane, tells what really happened
at Camelot from her cat s eye view atop the queen s canopy bed. An
Egyptologist s cat, Shuttle, wards off a vengeful mummy by doing a
favor for Bastet, the cat goddess. A Scottish cat, Tinkler Tam,
stalks body snatchers through a gothic Edinburgh. Mu Mao the
Magnificent, a bodhisattva cat who is the last tomcat in the world,
searches for a mate in one story while in three others he assists
his fellow felines during the transition to their next
incarnations. A murdered cat named Mustard returns to avenge
himself on his killer and protect his former household. The old
soldier hero of a fairy tale discovers the secret of the 12 dancing
princesses with the help of his trusty cat companion, Captain
Shadow. These are the stories mother cats tell their kittens to
provide them with role models, inspiring them to hold their heads
and tails high.
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.
MAELSTROM
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.
. . .
"From the Hardcover edition."
Petaybee was growing up. Day by day, the sentient planet--like any child--was learning to recognize and understand the meaning of outside stimuli, to respond to those stimuli, to communicate its own needs and desires...even to use human speech. Yanaba Maddock had appointed herself defender of her adopted planet, and she had even succeeded in proving its sentience to all the nonbelievers. But despite all her efforts, few outsiders truly cared for the feelings and intelligence of what they perceived to be a giant hunk of rock--or a mere oddity to be gawked at. Then Yana was kidnapped. The price of her freedom--the planet itself. But the only one who could speak for Petaybee was Petaybee--and no one knew what a living planet could do once it found its voice...
"A felicitous combination of authors." --Kirkus Reviews Yanaba Maddock's short-lived career as a company spy had ended the moment the planet Petaybee and its people had adopted her as one of their own. Now she was dedicated to keeping Intergal from exploiting and wounding--or even killing--the world she had come to love. For Intergal persisted in denying that Petaybee was sentient, and nothing would stop it from stripping the ore-rich planet--sentient or not. Only solid evidence would convince the company to leave the planet alone, and for all its sentience, Petaybee's communications were highly subjective; indeed, some outsiders seemed entirely immune to its voice. So Yana and her friends would have to find some other way to prove that the planet was worth more to the company alive than dead... "POWER LINES is a strong, highly entertaining sequel...Nicely paced, with a tricky twist or two to keep it from getting too predictable, and some delightful characters." --Locus FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK
Strange things were happening on the icy planet called Petaybee. Unauthorized genetically engineered species had been spotted, while some people were simply disappearing. None of the locals were talking to the company, so the company sent disabled combat veteran Yanaba Maddock to spy. But a strange thing happened. With her relocation to the arctic planet came a return of Yana's health and strength. And the more she got to know the people of Petaybee, the more determined she became to protect her new home....
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